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Catawba  Soldier 

OF  THE 

CIVIL  WAR 


A  sketch  of  every  soldier  from  Catawba  county,  North  Carolina,  with 

the    photograph,    biographical    sketch,   and    reminiscence   of 

many  of  them,  together  with  a  sketch  of  Catawba 

county  from  1  860  to  191  1  — a  complete 

history  of    these   valiant   men, 

m  war    and    peace 


Edited  and  compiled  by 

PROF.  GEO.   W.  HAHN 

HICKORY.  N.    C. 


19  11 

CLAY    PRINTING    CO. 

H  ICKORY.     N.    C. 


OS'S 


// 

''History  nuiketh  a  young  man  to  he  old  with- 
out either  wrinkles  or  gray  hairs;  privileging  him 
'with  the  experience  of  age,  without  either  the  in- 
firmities or  inconveniencies  thereof." 


To  my  Ining  comrades, 

to  the  Nsidow?  of  those  who  have  departed. 

to  our  noble  mothers  and  sisters,  to  our  descendants 

who  cherish  a  lastins    veneration  for  their    ancestors,   and 

to    the    young  men    of    Catawba    count}',    and   the   state   at   large,    who 

would  draw  lessons  of  wisdom,  patriotism,  endurance,  fortitude 

and  inspiration    from    the  examples    herein 

described,  this  volume  is  most 

affectionately  dedicated  by 

THE  AUTHOR 


PREFACE 

More  than  forty-five  years  have  passed  since  the  tattered  flag  of 
the  lost  cause  was  furled  to  be  forever  held  as  a  sacred  memento  of  the 
daring  deeds  of  Catawba's  true  and  gallant  sons,  who  so  willingly  and 
obediently  offered  their  services  when  they  saw  that  war  was  inevitable. 
No  flag  ever  waved  over  braver  boys,  and  none  who  wore  the  grey 
showed  more  willingness  or  promptness  than  did  the  heroic  sons  of 
Catawba. 

They  can  leave  their  children  and  posterity  no  richer  nor  more 
enduring  monument  than  a  record  of  their  achievements  as  contained  in 
this  book. 

Had  this  book  been  written  thirty-five  years  ago,  much  valuable 
history  could  have  been  preserved;  acting,  therefore,  under  the  old  adage 
"It  is  never  too  late  to  do  good,"  this  book  is  sent  forth  to  preserve  that 
remnant  of  history  which  is  yet  remembered  by  the  old  soldiers  living. 

The  author  has  spent  nearly  two  years  in  the  execution  of  this 
work,  during  which  time  he  has  spared  neither  money  nor  pains  to  make 
it  as  authentic  as  possible. 

The  book  is  not  the  author's  ideal  owing  to  the  fact  that  the 
Veterans  and  their  descendants  failed  to  co-operate  with  him  by  fur- 
nishing him  with  photos,  biographical  sketches,  and  reminiscences  in 
which  the  book  should  abound. 

Since  the  author  has  gone  to  the  expense  and  pains  of  sending 
forth  to  the  State,  and  to  the  South  as  well,  Catawba  county's  record 
will  he  be  unjust  in  demanding  a  similiar  effort  on  the  part  of  each 
county  in  the  State?  The  author  desires  to  state  "Here  is  what  Ca- 
tawba has  done.     What  have  the  other  counties  done?" 

What  a  field  from  which  future  historians  might  glean,  if  all  the 
other  counties  would  publish  such  a  book! 

But  while  this  book  is  not  the  author's  ideal,  he  is  proud  to 
present  to  the  state  and  to  the  South,  as  well,  specimens  of  the  pioneer 
manhood  of  Catawba  county,  together  with  a  record  of  their  achieve- 
ments for  the  past  fifty  years. 

This  book  claims  no  literary  merit;  indeed  it  would  be  folly  for  a 
soldier  to  attempt  it.  Hence,  this  is  written  by  old  soldiers,  compiled 
and  edited  by  an  old  soldier,  and  is,  therefore,  a  plain,  simple  narration 
of  facts  in  an  effort  to  give  the  man  behind  the  gun  the  honors  that 
past  historians  have  failed  to  accord  him. 

This  book  is  intended  to  be  placed  in  every  home  in  the  county  as 
a  monument  to  every  old  soldier,  far  more  enduring  than  metal,  and  is 
the  last  opportunity  the  Author  has  in  laying  his  tribute  to  a  generation 
perhaps  superior  to  any  that  ever  has  or  ever  will  adorn  the  pages  of 
Catawba's  history.  He  bespeaks  aid  in  placing  this  tribute  in  the  homes 
of  the  poor  unable  to  pay.  He  is  willing  to  make  more  than  his  share 
of  the  donation. 

THE  AUTHOR. 
Hickory,  N.  C,  July  1st,  1911. 


THE    CATAWBA    SOLDIER    OF 
THE  CIVIL  WAR. 


CATAWBA  COUNTY 

This  county  was  formed  from  Lincoln  County  in  1842;  it 
derives  its  name  from  "Catawba  River, "  which  forms  its 
eastern  and  northern  boundaries.  The  name  "Catawba"  was 
taken  from  the  tribe  of  Indians  of  that  name  who  at  one 
time  inhabited  this  section.  The  Catawba  River  is  the  boun- 
dary line  between  Catawba  and  the  following  counties,  viz: 
Alexander,  Caldwell  and  Iredell.  On  the  North,  West  and 
South;  Catawba  is  bounded  by  Burke,  Cleveland  and  Lincoln 
counties.  Our  county  is  located  in  the  North  Western  por- 
tion of  the  State,  175  miles  from  the  Capital  of  North  Car- 
olina, and  we  think  Catawba  is  one  of  the  very  best  counties 
in  this  or  any  other  State.  The  county  wafe  settled  in  the 
main  by  what  was  called  "Pennsylvania  Dutch",  a  better, 
more  honest,  and  patriotic  people  would  be  hard  to  find;  the 
lower  or  South-eastern  portion  of  the  county,  was  settled  by 
the  English,  with  a  small  mixture  of  "French  Huguenots",  a 
splendid  people.  The  lands  of  Catawba  are  productive,  and 
for  diversified  crops,  cannot  be  excelled.  Our  people  can  raise 
anything  from  rice  and  peanuts  up  to  "King  Cotton."  Some 
sections  cannot  be  excelled  for  corn,  cotton,  oats,  rye,  wheat 
etc.,  and  for  fruits  of  all  kinds  including  "huckleberries"  we 
are  in  the  front  rank;  bee  culture,  stock  raising  and  the 
dairy  business  Catawba  is  in  the  lead;  and  it  is  a  fact  that 
the  greatest  improvements  have  taken  place  since  the  war  of 
1861-5,  and  much  of  it  has  been  done  by  the  old  "Confederate 
Soldiers"  and  their  sons  and  daughters.  The  nursery  busi- 
ness in  our  county  was  projected  by  Confederate  soldiers. 
In  1842,  the  population  was  as  follows: 

White  Population  7272 

Free  Negroes  21 

Negro  Slaves  1569 

Total  8862 


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In  1860,  the  year  before  the  great  war, 

the    popi 

was  as  follows. 

White  Females 

4703 

White  Males 

4330 

Free  Negroes 

32 

Negro  Slaves 

1664 

Total  10729 

In  1890  the  population  was  18,689,  and  in  1900  the  total 
population  of  Catawba  was  22,133.  In  1910  the  census 
figures  gave  us  27,918. 

The  people  of  Catawba  County  were  a  conservative  people, 
and  in  1861  when  South  Carolina  and  other  States,  and  even 
parts  of  North  Carolina,  were  excited  and  agitated,  our  county 
was  calm  and  cool,  but  when  Mr.  Lincoln  called  on  North 
Carolina  for  her  quota  of  troops,  then  it  was  that  the  young 
men  of  Catawba  County  were  stirred  up;  and  when  Gov. 
Ellis  called  for  troops,  it  was  astonishing  how^  the  young  men 
of  the  county  responded.  They  were  encouraged  by  the 
patriotic  women  to  do  their  duty.  What  the  good  wcmen 
endured  and  suffered  during  the  four  years  that  fol- 
lowed, no  pen  or  tongue  can  tell.  It  is  sad  to  think  how 
many  of  the  brave  men  who  went  to  the  front  never  lived  to 
return;  peace  to  their  ashes. 

The  advancement  of  every  interest  in  Catawba  County 
since  the  close  of  the  war  in  1865,  has  been  almost  pheno- 
minal,  and  Catawba  has  not  been  behind  in  education  either; 
her  schools  bear  witness  to  this.  An  old  Confederate  soldier 
said  to  the  writer:  "The  old  soldiers  helped  to  make  our 
county  what  it  is. "  That  is  so,  and  no  truer  soldier  ever 
carried  a  gun  than  the  boys  from  Catawba,  and  they  were 
cheered  on  by  as  brave  and  patriotic  women  as  ever  waved 
a  banner.  When  going  into  battle  during  the  war,  we  es- 
teemed it  a  privilege  when  we  were  supported  by  soldiers 
from  Catawba  County.  In  the  soldiers  furnished  to  the 
cause,  those  from  Catawba  could  not  be  excelled  for  courage, 
loyalty,  and  devotion;  they  left  home  well  dressed  and  well 
fed;  they  returned  ragged  and  many  of  them  emaciated. 
The  heroic  women  cheered  them  as  they  were  going  to  the 
front;  the  same  patriotic  women  received  them    back    with 


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joy  and  gladness,  and  went  to  work  carding  and  spinning 
and  weaving  cloth  with  which  to  clothe  them.  It  would  be 
hard  to  convince  the  people  now  of  what  our  good  women 
did  for  our  soldiers  in  1865-66. 

She  furnished  about  1500  soldiers,  about  1200  returned. 

M.  0.  Sherrill. 
Raleigh,  N.  C. 


10  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

THE  GERMAN  ELEMENT  IN  CATAWBA'S 
POPULATION. 

The  current  of  German  immigration  from  Pennsylvania 
into  the  Piedmont  section  of  North  Carolina  began  to  move 
in  this  direction  about  the  beginning  of  the  Eighteenth 
Century,  and  'vas  at  full  tide  about  the  middle  of  that  cen- 
tury. These  Germans  were  largely  families  springing  from 
the  enterprising  Pennsylvania  Germans,  who  had  years  be- 
fore settled  in  Montgomery,  Berks,  Lancaster,  and  York 
counties,  and,  who  later  pressed  towards  the  southwest 
frontier  of  their  state;  and  then  followed  the  Cumberland 
Valley  down  into  Maryland;  and  then  on  further  down  still 
southward  into  the  Shenandoah  Valley  of  Virginia;  and  then 
still  further  on  down  across  the  Blue  Ridge  into  the  fertile 
valleys  of  the  Yadkin  and  the  Catawba  in  North  Carolina, 
These  people  settled  in  the  territory  now  embraced  by  Ran- 
dolph, Davidson,  Rowan,  Cabarrus,  Mecklenburg,  Lincoln, 
Gaston,  Catawba,  and  Iredell  counties.  To  these  Penn- 
sylvania Germans  were  added  immigrants  directly  frcm 
Germany,  and  a  few  from  other  European  Countries.  They 
came  for  various  reasons:  some,  to  seek  new  homes,  as  an 
outlet  for  the  overcrowded  population  of  the  Fatherland; 
some,  to  enjoy  the  liberty  in  this  land  of  the  free;  some,  as 
political  refugees;  some,  to  escape  the  military  services  de- 
manded of  all  young  men  in  Germany;  some,  to  escape 
religious  persecutions — as  the  Palestines  from  the  Rhine, 
persecuted  by  Louis  XIV  in  the  War  of  the  Spanish  Succes- 
sion, and  the  Salzburgers  from  the  Alpine  Districts  of 
Austria;  and  no  doubt,  some  came  as  fugitives  from  justice — 
who  "left  their  country  for  their  country's  good." 

These  German  settlers  were  industrious,  economical, 
and  thrifty  farmers,  not  afraid  nor  ashamed  of  hard  work, 
and  were  soon  blessed  with  an  abundance  of  everything 
which  the  fertile  soil  and  temperate  climate  of  this  section 
could  furnish  them.  As  they  were  farmers,  they  avoided  the 
towns,  and  mostly  settled  in  rural  districts.  They  were  un- 
informed in  the  ways  of  the  world,  ignorant  of  the  English 
language,   and   unacquainted  with   the   shrewdness   of  the 


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business  man.  yet  they  were  well  informed  in  their  own 
language  and  well  read  in  their  Bibles  and  devotional  Ger- 
man books.  There  were  few  manufactories,  and  fewer 
centers  of  commerce  where  supplies  could  be  obtained,  so 
that  these  early  settlers  had  to  go  to  Charleston,  Fayetteville 
or  Columbia  in  long  trips  by  wagons,  occupying  several  weeks 
to  procure  the  common  necessities  of  life,  and  regarded 
many  things  as  useless  luxuries  that  are  now  regarded 
as  common  necessities.  These  conditions  compelled  each 
family  to  manufacture  its  own  clothing  and  farming  tools. 
Thus  the  loom,  the  blacksmith's  shop,  the  tannery,  and 
shoe-shop  became  necessary  adjuncts  of  nearly  every  home. 
And  every  member  of  the  family  was  engaged  in  useful 
industry. 

These  Germans  manifested  certain  traits  of  character 
peculiar  to  them.  Of  course,  there  were  exceptions  to  these 
general  traits,  but  it  was  true  of  them  as  a  whole.  They 
were  retiring  and  peaceful  citizens,  opposed  to  riot  and 
contention,  and  patiently  suffered  wrong  for  a  time, 
yet  they  were  unwilling  to  submit  to  oppression  when 
persistently  pressed  upon  them.  They  could  be  led.  their 
minds  were  open  to  conviction;  but  they  simply  could  not  be 
driven,  and  determindly  resisted  all  attempts  to  deprive 
them  of  their  inalienable  rights.  They  were  persevering, 
never  abandoning  their  undertakings  unless  compelled  to  do 
so  by  force  of  circumstances.  They  were  slow  in  making- 
changes,  and  tenaciously  held  to  the  practices  and  habits  and 
modes  of  thought  practiced  by  their  ancestors,  when  often 
more  modern  ways  were  much  better.  They  were  very  slow 
to  yield  their  native  language,  especially  where  they  lived 
in  settlements  of  their  own,  and  for  this  reason  they  retained 
for  a  long  time  their  peculiar  traits  of  character,  their  re- 
ligious, social,  and  moral  life,  and  for  this  reason  also  they 
lost  prestige  and  standing  in  the  professions  and  official 
life.  Honesty  and  uprightness  of  life  were  marked  char- 
acteristics of  the  Germans.  An  anecdote  will  illustrate 
this:  Two  Germans.  Hans  and  Fritz,  lived  side  by  side,  far 
away  from  the  world's  deceit  and  tricks.  One  day  Hans 
bought  a  horse,  but  lacked  part  of  the  money;  so  he  called 
on  Fritz  for  a  loan.     Fritz  readilv    consented    and    handed 


12  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

over  the  required  amount,  remarking:  "Berhaps  it  was  bed- 
d3Y  ve  mike  us  a  nota. "  The  note  was  drawn  up  in  their 
primitive  way:  "I,  Hans,  gets  from  Fritz  feefty  tollars  to- 
day," Then  the  question  arose  who  should  hold  the  note. 
"You  geeps  dot",  says  Fritz,  "Und  den  you  will  know  dot 
you  owes  me  dot  money, "  Hans  says:  "Dot  ish  so. "  After 
a  month  Hans  pays  the  note  and  the  question  was  now  who 
should  keep  the  note.  "I  geeps  dot  now,  aind't  it?"  says 
Fritz,  "den  you  see  I  always  remembers  you  paid  dot  to 
me."  Says  Hans  "Yah  dot  ish  so,"  "Nowis  ishall  soblain, 
I  knows  what  to  do  ven  I  porrows  again". 

Th333  German?  had  strong  attachm3ntsfor  their  home 
and  its  comforts;  and  were  slow  to  leave  the  place  they  had 
once  secured  as  their  own.  There  are  farms  in  this  section 
today  that  have  never  been  sold—have  never  been  out  of  the 
family,  but  have  descended  through  generation  after  gener- 
ation from  the  original  grants  made  in  colonial  t'mes. 

Thus  these  Germans  came  into  this  County  of  Catawba, 
from  various  quarters  and  for  various  reasons,  and  settled 
among  others  from  other  countries,  and  by  privations  and 
hard  labor  wrested  this  fair  land  from  the  savage  and  the 
wild  beast,  and  turned  it  into  a  veritable  garden.  In  order 
to  understand  the  age  in  which  we  live,  it  is  important  that 
we  know  the  history  of  the  past.  The  different  epochs  of 
history  are  not  disjointed  parts,  but  all  have  a  close  relation 
to  the  past  and  to  the  future.  The  sturdy  Germans  and  their 
high  moral  qualities  have  stamped  their  impress  upon  this 
generation,  and  they  will  continue  to  be  felt  in  the  ages  to 
come.  From  this  hardy  race  the  Catawba  soldier  of  the  Civil 
War  came,  and  his  heroism  at  Gettysburg,  and  many  other 
fields  were  the  astonishment  of  the  world.  The  Germans 
are  not  foreigners  in  this  country,  any  more  than  those  who 
came  from  England  and  Scotland  and  Ireland  and  France, 
They  are  among  the  charter  members  of  this  great 
Country.  And  since  the  shackles  of  the  language  have 
been  shaken  off,  the  descendants  of  the  Germans  are  fast 
taking  first  places  in  the  wonderful  strides  this  country  is 
making  in  all  industrial,  commercial,  and  educational  pro- 
gress. The  present  is  but  a  development  of  the  past,  it  is 
the  offspring  of  the  parent  that  has    stamped    upon   it   the 


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character  of  the  early  settlers  of  this  county.  And  what- 
ever is  noble  and  worthy  in  the  citizenship  of  Catawba  Coun- 
ty in  har  Civil  War  histjry,  and  her  progress  and  achieve- 
ments today,  a  pai-t  and  a  large  part  of  that  honor  belongs 
to  the  German  element  of  her  citizens. 

Rev,  R,  a.  Yoder,  D,  D. 

Lincolnton,  N.  C. 
Jan,  20,  1911, 


14  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


THE   GREAT  AWAKENING. 

This  earth  is  a  place  of  j»reat  resources.  It  teems  with 
minerals.  Its  soil,  its  rivers,  its  mountains,  its  clouds,  its 
sunshine,  all  conspire  to  make  it  wonderful.  It  is  the  abode 
of  a  race  of  beings  made  in  the  image  of  God.  Adam,  our 
first  parent,  was  given  the  command  to  dress  and  keep  it. 
Imagine  the  face  of  the  earth,  under  the  care  of  a  race  of 
perfect  beings  like  Adam  was,  with  perfect  human  strength 
and  perfect  human  intelligence,  all  laboring  together  to 
develop  the  resources  of  the  earth,  understanding  each  other, 
and  realizing  with  one  purpose,  their  duty  and  obligations. 
Can  you  picture  the  fairy  scenes  that  would  meet  the  eye  on 
every  hand?  A  whole  race  dwelling  together,  in  unity  of  spirit 
and  a  union  of  strength.  What  a  Utopia!  But  it  is  a  dream 
only.  It  is  not  possible  under  merely  human  conditons. 
The  curse  of  human  depravity  has  spread  over  the  earth, 
and  wrought  devastation  everywhere.  Men  are  the  natural 
enemies  of  each  other,  like  the  savage  beasts  of  the  jungle. 
War,  oppression,  monopoly,  tyranny,  slavery,  villainy,  mur- 
der, and  passion,  have  blasted  the  once  fair  earth,  and  fam- 
ine, disease,  and  poverty  have  stalked  in  their  train,  count- 
less millions  of  the  weak  have  perished  to  give  the  brutal 
place.  Human  philosophy  has  sought  to  alleviate  the  con- 
ditions, but  ambition,  greed,  force,  deceit,  have  all  conspired 
to  defeat  it.  No  true  altering  power  has  ever  entered  the 
field  but  the  gospel  of  the  Man  of  Gallilee.  From  the  dark- 
ness of  those  three  hours  of  Calvary,  where  He  died,  has 
sprung,  as  from  the  womb  of  Time,  a  destiny  for  the  race. 
Let  us  change  the  figure,  and  call  it  a  tree  that  was  born 
there.  A  root  out  of  the  dry  ground,  it  was,  at  first,  watered 
with  tears  and  blood  of  many  martyrs.  But  it  grew,  and 
soon  its  stripling  height  measured  far  above  all  other  re- 
ligions. But  it  was  not  destined  to  become  the  sturdy  oak 
too  soon.  It  must  wave  in  many  a  wintry  blast,  and  wither 
in  many  a  summer's  drought.  But  branch  after  branch  has 
grown  stronger  by  the  trial.  An  open  Bible,  religious  and 
civil  liberty,  universal  brotherhood,  education  of  the  masses, 
world-wide   commerce     and   travel,    world   evangelism—  all 


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have  grown  from  this  tree.  It  has  lived  to  see  war  reduced, 
slavery  abolished,  tyranny  dethroned,  illiteracy  discounted. 
And  lo!  with  the  disappearance  of  these  great  evils,  and  the 
coming  of  these  great  blessings,  the  inventive  powers  of 
man  have  seemed  to  spring  into  new  activity.  Kept  back 
by  human  ignorance  and  superstition  until  now,  they  are 
like  hounds  whose  leashs  have  been  loosed,  and  they  are 
bounding  to  the  chase  of  discovery  and  invention.  Earth, 
air,  sky,  and  sea  are  being  searched  and  explored,  and  are 
yielding  their  secrets  in  amazing  numbers.  And  the  most 
of  these  things  have  happened  in  the  last  century,  many  in 
the  last  fifty  years.  What  is  the  meaning  of  it  all?  Shall 
we  look  for  a  continuous  development  of  the  world  along 
these  same  lines,  till  this  is  an  ideal  world,  and  man  an  ideal 
neighbor  and  friend?  No,  the  book  which  tells  us  of  the 
great  author  of  these  things,  Jesus  Christ,  tells  us  that  there 
is  an  end  to  it.  There  is  "one  far  off  divine  event  to  which 
all  creation  moves."  God  has  evidently  designed  to  control 
this  world's  history  in  great  dispensations.  We  see  them 
marked  in  the  Bible.  Their  limits  are  very  clear.  The  first 
one  extended  from  man's  creation  to  his  fall.  The  second, 
is  from  the  fall  to  the  flood.  The  third,  from  the  flood  to 
Pentecost.  The  fourth,  is  the  time  of  the  Gentiles  till  Christ's 
second  coming.  The  last  great  period  is  the  Millennium. 
The  question  is,  are  we  nearing  this  last  period?  The  Bible 
indicates  that  this  will  be  the  golden  era  of  man's  history. 
The  world  will  be  untrammelled  by  Satan,  man  will  be 
obedient  to  God  in  great  measure,  and  earth's  resources  and 
man's  powers  will  reach  their  highest  development.  Do  all 
these  recent  advancements  indicate  that  we  are  reaching 
this  ideal  period?  Then  may  God  speed  the  day,  for  it 
means  glory  to  God  in  the  highest,  on  earth  peace,  and  good- 
will among  men. 

Rev.  J.  G.  Garth. 
Hickory,  N.  C. 


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AGRICULTURAL  PROGRESS  FROM  1861  to  19n. 

BY  M,  A.   ABERNETHY,   FARM  DEMONSTRATOR  FOR 
CATAWBA  COUNTY. 

The  farm  implements  of  Catawba  were  simple,  and  in- 
deed, crude  in  l[61-5.  The  wooden  plow  stock  with  the 
shovel  twister,  bull  tongue,  or  gopher  made  the  list  for  plows. 
Nearly  all  of  these  were  one  horse  plows.  Occasionally, 
among  the  better  class  of  people  was  found  a  two  horse  plow 
with  iron  mold  board  to  break  the  fallow  ground  for  wheat. 
But  with  few  exceptions,  the  one  horse  plow  was  used  for 
all  purposes.  Beside  the  common  wooden  tooth  harrow,  the 
better  class  used  iron  tooth  harrows  for  pulverizirg  land  for 
the  small  grains.  The  advent  of  the  wheat  drill  had  not  yet 
been  made.  The  first  time  the  writer  saw  wheat  being  plant- 
ed in  rows  was  on  that  memorable  march  to  Gettysburg  and 
near  that  place.  The  hoe,  was  the  tool  for  ridding  the  crops 
of  grass  and  weeds.  These  were  all  home  made,  manufac- 
tured from  flat  iron  or  worn  out  slab  saws.  This  clumsy, 
dull,  heavy  tool  made  a  boy  wish  he  were  somewhere  else 
besides  the  farm.  But  the  boys  of  those  days  were  more 
persistent  than  the  boys  of  today. 

With  the  above  implements  the  farmer  tock  four  to  six 
furrows  to  the  row  and  the  boys  and  women  followed  with 
the  hoes,  making  potato  hills  to  the  corn.  This  required 
three,  four,  or  five  hands  to  the  plow,  depending  on  the 
amount  of  grass  and  weeds.  Thus  the  crop  was  worked  on  an 
average  of  three  times,  the  last  being  the  happy  ' 'laying  by. " 

About  the  year  1866,  some  advancement  was  made,  the 
double  foot  plow  came  into  use.  This  was  regarded  as  a 
labor  saver,  since  it  required  only  half  the  time  to  plow  an 
acre.  The  same  irons  that  were  used  on  the  single  foot  plow 
were  used  on  the  double,  and  were  home  made.  The  writer 
has  carried  many  a  piece  of  iron  far  away  to  the  blacksmith- 
shop  to  have  a  new  one  made  or  an  old  one  sharpened.  These 
were  the  crude  implements  for  working  the  corn.  The  wheat 
was  harvested  with  a  cradle.  No  reapers  and  binders  had 
come  yet.     It  was  not  an  uncommon  thing  to  see  six  to    ten 


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men  swinging-  their  cradles  in  the  harvest  field  [end  es  rrany 
women,  men  and  boys  following  in  their  wake  binding  and 
shocking  the  golden  sheaves! 

The  thresher  was  an  old  hcise  power  mrd  ire  with  glcut 
as  many  men  as  horses  to  operate  it.  A  wind  mill  winnowed 
the  chaff  from  the  grain.  It  would  be  rn  using  to  our 
farmer  boys  now  to  see  a  man  standing  in  the  center  of  t  n 
old  horse  power,  with  his  long  limber  whip  in  his  hand,  and 
now  and  then  whirling  it  over  their  backs,  as  he  cried  out, 
"You,  Jim"  "Pete",  Git  up."  and  the  whip  would  crack 
like  a  rifla.  But  those  "good  old  days"  are  gone  and  the 
msnkilling  tools,  and  land  impovarishing  methods  are  gone 
with  them.  Gradually  came  the  labor  saving  implements, 
such  as  cultivators,  disc  harrows,  iron  frames  andiron  tooth- 
section  harrows,  grain  drills,  reapers,  with  binding  attach- 
ments, separators  hauled  from  place  to  place,  and  so  on. 
Then  later  came  the  two-horse  riding  cultivator,  the  cottcn 
and  corn  planters,  and  later  stib  the  improved  binders  and 
reapers,  corn  harvesters,  rrowers,  hay  rakes,  and  so  forth  till 
now  one  man  and  two  or  three  w-ell  trained  horses  can  do 
the  same  amount  of  work  in  one  day  that  formerly  it  took 
four  and  six  men  to  do  with  the  old  antiquated  tools. 

Along  with  these  improvements  came  the  steam  traction 
engine,  and  hooked  up  to  a  threshing  outfit  complete  with  the 
straw-stacking  attachment,  not  only  separating  the  grain 
from  the  straw  and  the  chaff,  but  actually  pulling  the  whole 
concern,  with  all  hands  riding  from  place  to  place  over  our 
country  roads  and  through  our  farmers'  fields  to  thresh  his 
grain.  Then  the  disc  plow  and  the  subsoiler  came  in  place 
of  the  old  side  shovel  or  twisters,  and  where  men  orce  plov  - 
ed  three  or  four  inches  deep,  skimming  and  skinning  their 
land,  preparing  the  soil  to  waste  away  with  the  first  heavy 
rails,  nD'A^  vvsflid  the  land  bro'cen  from  eight  to  3ixt33'%  ni 
in  soma  cases  eighteen  to  twenty-one  inches  deep,  thus  mak- 
ing a  soil  that  is  capable  of  holding  moistui'e  sufficient  for 
the  average  growing  crop  for  the  greater  portion  of  the 
growing  season,  especially  if  this  soil  be  well  supplied  with 
humus,  that  is,  decomposed  vegetable  matter.  And  further 
more,  this  deeply  broken  soil  not  only  holds  the  moisture  in 
reserve  for  the  growing  plants,  but  it  makes  it    almost    im- 


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possible  for  it  to  wash  away  with  the  heaviest  continued 
rains. 

Such  demonstrations  have  actuated  farmers  to  put  moi"e 
thought  into  farming  and  to  practice  better  methods.  And 
the  results  are  that  where  we  once  reaped  only  ten  to  fifteen 
bushels  of  corn  to  the  acre  and  from  three  to  six  hundred 
pounds  of  seed  cotton,  we  are  now  gathering,  on  the  same 
land,  fifty,  sixty  and  seventy  bushels  of  corn,  and  twelve 
hundred  to  two  thousands  pounds  of  seed  cotton  per  acre. 

Farmers  are  making  corn,  wheat,  oats,  and  cotton  at 
considerably  less  cost  under  the  improved  methods,  than  with 
the  old  tools  and  methods. 

Before  the  days  of  the  civil  war,  and  for  some  years 
after,  it  was  hard  to  find  enough  seed  sweet  potatoes  in  the 
spring  of  the  year  to  plant  for  next  season  at  one  dollar,  and 
a  dollar  and  a  half  a  bushel.  Now,  and  for  ten  years  past, 
it  has  been  a  problem  for  our  Catawba  farmers  to  get  their 
sweet  potatoes  on  the  market  by  the  first  of  May.  Some  are 
actually  harvesting  and  housing  from  twenty-five  to  thirty- 
six  hundred  bushels  of  sweet  potatoes  each  season.  One 
man  in  the  fall  of  1908,  told  the  writer  that  he  had  raised  on 
a  small  plot  of  ground,  over  six  hundred  bushels  to  the  acre. 

There  has  been  a  marked  improvement  and  wonderful  de- 
velopm2nt  along  all  lines  of  agriculture  in  even  the  last  three 
decades,  and  for  all  this  we  are  proud  and  truly  grateful. 
But  our  aspirations  are  for  something  better  still,  and  for  far 
greater  development,  and  we  should  never  cease  while  such 
great  possibilities  lie  within  our  reach.  Look  at  what  has 
been  done  through  the  demonstration  work  under  the  super- 
vision of  Dr.  S.  A.  Knapp,  of  the  U.  S.  department  of  Agri- 
culture at  Washington  and  his  sub-agents  in  the  south,  and 
catch  a  vision  of  a  better  day  for  agriculture.  As  one  of 
those  agents,  the  writer  knows,  that  under  the  methods  of 
this  department  the  increase  over  the  old  methods  has  been 
from  three  hundred  to  four  hundred  per  cent.  It  is  the 
writer's  conviction  that  the  Piedmont  section  is  just  in  its  in- 
fancy in  agriculture.  I  believe  we  have  here  in  Catawba 
county  as  good  a  place  to  live,  enjoy  health  and  be  happy  as 
any  where  in  the  wide  world  if,  each  one  will  only  do  his 
part  in  making  it  so. 


OP  THE  CIVIL  WAR  19 

Now  if  I  should  fail  to  mention  the  progress  made  in 
methods  of  transporation  from  the  days  before  the  civil  war  to 
the  present,  I  would  fall  short  of  the  task  I  have  undertaken. 
When  the  writer  was  a  boy,  there  were  no  cars  running  near- 
er this  county  than  Charlotte.  I  well  remember  the  first 
train  of  cars  I  ever  saw.  It  was  a  train  running  into 
Charlotte  when  I  was  a  lad  twelve  years  old,  and  had  gone  a 
trip  with  a  neighbor  of  my  father's. 

There  were  some  home  made,  one  horse,  two  horse, j^and 
three  and  four  horse  wagons,  of  course,  on  the  farms  of  the 
best  to-do  farmers,  but  the  sled  with  runneis  made  of  sour- 
wood  trees  well  shaped  for  the  purpose  was  an  essential 
vehicle  on  many  farms.  It  was  used  for  hauling  up  the  fire 
wood  in  winter  and  the  crops  in  the  fall.  I  knew  of  one  old 
gentleman  who  owned  a  good  river  farm  in  Catawba  county 
and  kept  two  good  farm  horses  and  often  more,  whose  grand- 
son relates  that  the  old  man  never  possessed  a  wagon  in  his 
life.  You  could  never  have  convinced  that  man  that  his  son's 
son  would  ba  riding  in  an  automobile  in  less  than  forty  years 
from  his  death.  Look  at  our  present  facilities  for  travel. 
Wagons  of  any  size  are  made  to  order,  and  one  of  the  best 
and  largest  wagon  shops  in  the  United  States  is  located  in 
Hickory,  Catawba  county,  namely,  the  Piedmont  Wagon 
Works.  Also  as  fine  a  buggy  as  is  made  in  this  country  is 
made  by  the  Jerome  Bolick  and  Sons  Co.,  Conover,  N.  C, 
All  farmers  have  their  buggies,  surries,  spring  wagons,  and 
two  horse  wagons,  hauling  their  products  to  market,  and 
their  families  to  town  or  to  church. 

The  difference  in  communication  is  striking  also.  When 
the  writer  came  from  the  war,  he  had  to  go  seven  miles  to  the 
post  office.  About  once  a  week  was  all  the  time  he  could 
spare  to  go  for  his  mail.  With  our  rural  mail  deliveiy,  the 
mail  comes  daily  to  his  door.  Then  who  of  our  neighbors  or 
yours  would  have  believed  that  we  could  stand  in  our 
front  halls  and  talk  to  our  friends  miles  away? 

In  no  department  of  our  farm  life  is  greater  growth  seen 
than  in  our  live  stock.  In  the  days  before  the  stock  law  this 
was  impossible.  Wandering  stock  made  out  of  the  question 
to  grade  our  cattle  up  to  a  standard,  which  was  also  true  of 
hogs.     It  is  not  usual  to  see  pigs  under    eight    months    old 


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weighing  over  two  hundred  pounds.  Today  people  will  not 
buy  scrubby  stock  of  hogs  to  raise  from,  because  it  will  not 
pay.  Some  of  the  finest  hogs  in  the  country  are  to  be  found 
right  here  in  our  county.  All  this  is  true  of  cattle  as  well. 
The  writer  remembers  how  frequently  some  neighbor  would 
come  to  my  father's  house  to  get  him  to  help  prize  a  milk 
cow  or  a  yearling  out  of  the  mire  on  the  edge  of  some  swamp. 
The  cattle  were  at  large,  with  the  sheep  and  the  goats,  and 
if  they  chanced  to  find  their  way  home  at  night,  they  would 
probably  find  a  hamper  basket  of  shucks  awaiting  them,  in 
the  fence  corners,  if  the  hogs  had  not  already  rooted  them 
around  in  search  of  a  stray  ear  of  corn.  No  wonder  the 
cattle  were  scrubs,  and  no  wonder  some  had  to  be  prized 
out  of  the  mud. 

What  an  amazing  difference  is  to  be  seen  in  the  cattle  to- 
day and  that  of  those  days  gone  by.  Exhibited  in  the  fairs  at 
Hickory  last  year  and  the  year  before  was  as  fine  cattle  as  one 
wants  to  see.     Some  of  the  milk  cows   are  record   breakers. 

As  a  splendid  adjunct  to  the  dairy  business,  we  have  the 
creamery  located  in  Hickory.  It  is  doing  a  fine  business  and 
is  well  equipped  in  every  way.  The  Live  Stock  Association 
in  the  county  also  means  great  things  for  cattle.  The  scrub 
will  be  bound  to  disappear. 

With  all  these  lines  of  progress  as  have  been  indicated  in 
this  sketch,  before  us,  it  is  well  asked.  What  shall  the  future 
be?  Certainly  it  mean  still  further  development.  Now,  to  the 
rising  generation,  who  are  to  take  the  places  of  their  pro- 
gressive fathers,  the  veterans  who  had  the  energy,  the  busi- 
ness tact,  to  bring  about  this  day  of  advancement,  let  me 
say,  you  are  highly  favored.  Compare  the  conditions  now 
with  those  that  confronted  your  fathers  when  they  came  out 
of  the  civil  war,  the  blank,  impoverished  lands,  grown  up 
with  brush  or  washed  way,  scarcely  a  good  horse  or  mule  to 
be  found,  no  cattle  or  hogs  except  scrubs.  These,  men  start- 
ing from  the  stump  have  done  well,  you  say.  And  they  have 
indeed  done  well.  You,  their  sons,  cannot  afford  to  let  things 
lag,  or  take  a  backward  step.  Your  fathers,  now  resting 
from  their  labors,  look  upon  you  in  the  heritage  they  left 
you.  They  will  not  be  disappointed,  for  they  believe  you  to 
be  worthy  sons  of  their  sires.  But  the  question  is  new 
What  are  you  going  to  do? 


OP  THE  CIVIL  WAR  21 


COMMUNICATION 

In  1861,  there  was  scattered  over  Catawba  County,  a 
post  office  here  and  there,  at  the  most  prominent  cross  roads 
in  the  County,  perhaps  as  many  as  a  dozen,  to  which  mails 
were  brought  once  a  week  from  the  four  points  on  the 
Western  North  CaroHna  raih-oad— Newton,  Hickory, 
Catawba,  and  Conover.  Many  citizens  had  to  go  eight  or 
ten  miles  for  their  weekly  mail.  As  the  years  went  by, 
more  and  more  offices  were  established  by  the  Post  Office 
Department,  but  more  offices  did  not  facilitate  nor  make 
more  frequent  the  rural  mails.  At  the  railroad  offices,  how- 
ever, daily  mails  were  given  to  the  towns  and  stations  for  a 
number  of  years.  In  recent  years,  the  Government  has 
established  Rural  free  delivery,  and  thus  the  country  dis- 
tricts are  supplied  with  daily  mails.  There  is  still  yet  star 
routes  to  be  found  in  sparely  settled  and  remote  communities. 

Recently,  the  Government  has  established  City  Delivery 
^n  towns  with  a  population  of  five  thousand;  hence,  Catawba 
County  has  one  town,  or  city,  (Hickory),  which  has  mail 
delivered  twice  daily.  We  can  now  write  a  letter  early  in 
the  morning  and  reach  almost  every  family  in  the  County 
on  the  same  day  by  means  of  R.  F.  D. ;  but  in  recent  years, 
by  means  of  Dr.  Alexander  Graham  Bell's  Telephone  inven- 
tion, we  can  communicate  to  parts  of  the  County  where 
lines  have  been  established  by  progressive  citizens,  in  a  few 
moments,  as  though  we  were  under  the  same  roof.  In  a 
few  more  years,  the  citizens  of  Catawba  will  be  practically 
brought  together  by  means  of  this  grand  invention.  A 
mighty  change  from  1861  to  1911  in  reference  to  exchange 
of  thought. 

Another  recent  discovery  is  what  is  called  "Wireless 
Telegraphy."  In  a  few  more  years,  this  will  supplant,  in  a 
measure,  all  other  means  of  communication. 


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TRANSPORTATION 

E  lually  startling,  is  tlie  change  made  in  transportation 
as  was  made  in  communication.  The  slide,  the  trucks,  the 
wagons,  — drawn  by  the  ox,  horse  or  mule. —seldom  did  you 
find  in  ]861,  a  carriage  or  buggy;  and  perchance  you  did  at 
some  great  gathering,  it  was  owned  by  the  more  wealthy  of 
the  community  as  wealth  was  regarded  in  1861. 

The  marketing  of  the  surplus  of  produce  of  that  day 
was  taken  to  Charleston,  Columbia,  Chester,  or  Yorkville, 
S.  C,  and,  sometimes  to  Eastern  North  Carolina  towns,— 
Charlotte  and  Fayetteville.  We  regarded  it  a  treat  to  be 
permitted  as  boys  to  go  on  these  trips.  The  wagons  were 
generally  loaded  with  flour,  brandy  and  whiskey,  bacon, 
and  corn.  These  articles  were  exchanged  for  salt,  coffee, 
sugar,  molasses  and  seldom  shoes  and  clothing. 

Not  until  1859  or  1860,  did  a  railroad  enter  our  county  — 
the  Western  North  Carolina  railroad-  leading  now  from 
Salisbury  to  Asheville.  Never  will  the  old  soldier  forget  the 
depot,  still  yet  standing,  in  the  town  of  Newton,  where  they 
took  their  departure  for  the  field  of  carnage.  Thus  the 
steam  method  has  supplanted  the  wagon  in  the  main.  Now, 
we  have,  in  1911,  two  well-equipped  railroads  running 
through  the  county — the  Western  North  Carolina  Division  of 
the  Southern,  running  East  and  West;  the  other  the  Carolina 
and  Northwestern,  running  North  and  South-  a  county  now 
very  fortunate  in  her  transportation  facilities. 

Seldom  do  you  find,  now,  wagons  transporting  anything 
to  any  other  place  save  the  nearest  railroad  station;  and  un- 
til our  citizenship  wake  up  to  the  necessity  of  better  roads, 
graded  and  macademized,  they  will  have  to  make  four  loads 
instead  of  one,  and  impoverish  their  stock  to  the  amount  of 
parts  of  their  load,  time  and  energy  sacrificed  for  fear  of  a 
little  tax  to  construct  better  roads.  Fifty  years  ago,  when 
we  made  our  trips  through  the  country  to  Scuth  Carolina  in 
wagons,  we  were  generally  on  the  road  three  weeks.  Note 
the  great  change  that  the  railway  has  made  possible  !  We 
can  jump  on  the  train  and  in  less  than  four  hours  we  have 
made  our  trip  to  almost  any  point  in  South  Carolina.     Who 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  23 

would  want  to  go  faster  ?  In  contrast  to  1861,  go  to  any 
gathering  in  the  rural  district,  town  or  city,  and  in  lieu  of 
cart  or  wagon  to  convey  the  family  there,  you  will  find  bug- 
gies of  the  most  improved  kind,  surreys,  phaetons,  bicycles 
and  the  automobile — it  being  the  greatest  fad  for  travelling. 
We  believe  the  quickest  and  safest  way  is  now  being 
perfected— the  aeroplane.  We  believe  that  some  school  boy 
of  Catawba  county,  who  shall  have  lived  out  the  next  half 
century,  and  who  shall  write  Volume  II  of  the  series  started 
of  Catawba  County  history,  will  give  credit  to  the  aeroplane 
and  aerocar  as  being  the  then  safest,  cheapest  and  quickest 
mode  of  travel.  Catawba  will  have  this  method  soon  as  she 
keeps  always  abreast  of  the  times. 


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THE  CATAWBA  VETERAN  AS  A  CHURCHMAN. 

War  does  not  stimulate  religious  activity.  However 
true  this  may  be  in  general,  the  Catawba  veteran  has  shown 
a  devotion  to  the  cause  of  religion  as  great  as  that  mani- 
fested in  the  cause  of  the  Southern  Confederacy.  Before 
joining  the  army,  many  of  them  united  with  the  church  and 
became  soldiers  of  the  Lord  and  marched  away  from  home 
with  musket  on  the  shoulder  and  the  Bible  in  the  pocket. 

Returning  from  the  field  of  battle,  or  some  Federal 
prison,  the  Catawba  veteran  found  the  cause  of  religion  lan- 
guishing and  the  fires  upon  the  altar  of  devotion  burning 
feebly.  Like  Nehemiah,  he  went  to  work  to  rebuild  the 
waste  places  of  Zion.  The  religious  conditions  as  found  in 
Catawba  county  in  1865  and  as  found  in  the  same  county  in 
1911,  show  a  wonderful  progress,  and  in  almost  every  case 
the  moving  force  was  an  "old  soldier." 

The  religious  forces  in  this  county  are  Protestant,  and 
not  Catholic.  Among  the  Protestant  denominations  are 
found  the  Lutheran,  Reformed,  Methodist,  Baptist,  Presby- 
terian and  Episcopalian,  with  a  few  Seventh  Day  Adventists. 
The  population  being  of  German  extraction,  the  Lutheran 
and  Reformed  churches  are  the  oldest  congregations  in  the 
county,  and  the  older  churches  were  "Union  churches,"  be- 
ing used  by  both  these  denominations. 

Efforts  have  been  made  to  secure  the  statistics  of  each 
denomination  in  the  county,  showing  the  strength  of  each 
denomination  in  1865  and  the  gain  since  that  time,  but  these 
efforts  have  proven  futile,  and  being  unable  to  give  all  it  is 
thought  best,  to  serve  the  purposes  of  this  book,  to  give  none. 

The  Lutheran  denomination,  as  might  be  expected,  has 
made  wonderful  progress  in  this  county  in  the  years  follow- 
ing the  Civil  war.  In  1865  there  was  no  school  of  that  de- 
nomination, but  now  there  are  two:  Concordia  at  Conover, 
and  Lenoir  at  Hickory.  Old  churches  have  been  rebuilt, 
new  congregations  have  been  organized  and  parsonages  have 
been  established  in  almost  every  community  in  this  county. 
Who  have  been  most  active  in  bringing  about  this  changed 
condition  ?  The  veterans— the  Smyres,  Rabbs,  Arndts, 
Smiths,  Anthonies,  Lohrs,  Yoders,  Seitzs,  Hahns  and  many 


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others  who  could  be  named. 

The  same  can  be  said  of  the  Reformed  church.  It  has 
been  the  veterans  who  have  carried  forward  the  work  of  the 
Master  in  this  church.  Prominent  are  the  Ramsaurs,  Wil- 
fongs,  Shufords,  Rowes,  McCorkles,  Reinhardts,  Bellingers, 
Bollingers,  Mahaffeys,  Coulters,  Whiteners,  Setzers,  Car- 
penters: and  thus  it  is  that  the  bravest  of  Lee's  followers 
become  the  truest  soldiers  in  the  army  of  the  Lord. 

The  Baptist  denomination  has  a  fine  constituency  in 
Catawba  county.  In  addition  to  the  many  churches  estab- 
lished in  almost  every  part  of  the  county,  a  denominational 
school  has  been  established,  and  the  South  Fork  Institute  at 
Maiden  is  doing  excellent  work.  The  gain  of  this  denoniin- 
ation  has  not  been  secured. 

The  zeal  of  Methodism  in  Catawba  has  equaled  the  zeal 
of  that  church  in  other  counties,  and  the  Catawba  veteran 
who  adhered  to  that  denomination  has  been  active  in  plant- 
ing a  church  in  almost  every  community  in  the  county,  and 
the  following  statistics  show  the  wonderful  hold  Methodism 
has  in  the  county:  Six  pastoral  charges  with  a  membership 
of  3,416;  27  Sunday  Schools  with  2,037  Sunday  School  pupils. 
These  congregations  made  an  annual  contribution  of  $11,678, 
and  the  value  of  their  church  property  is  ^'57,775. 

The  Presbyterian  denomination  has  three  congregations 
in  the  county,  and  the  progress  of  the  church  has  been  com- 
mendable. 

Although  the  Episcopal  church  has  but  one  congregation 
in  the  county,  and  this  one  not  very  large,  it  is  doubtless  as 
closely  identified  with  the  veterans  of  the  county  as  any 
other  denomination  in  the  county  by  reason  of  the  fact  that 
the  Rev.  James  A.  Weston,  rector  of  the  church  for  so  many 
year?,  was  a  soldier  and  a  Confederate  soldier  brave  and 
true.  He  was  chaplain  of  the  veterans  and  his  prayers  and 
addresses  at  the  reunions  of  the  veterans  are  remembered  still. 

Perhaps  the  town  of  Hickory  has  made  the  most  remark- 
able progress  religiously  of  any  part  of  the  county.  This 
town  has  17  churches  for  white  people,  and  five  of  these  are 
fine  structures,  modern  in  every  respect,  having  large  pipe 
organs;  with  all  modern  improvements;  and  in  bringing 
about  this  condition  of  affairs  the  Catatuba  veteran  has  been 
most  prominent. 


26  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

EDUCATION  IN  CATAWBA  COUNTY. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  war,  there  were  in  Catawba 
county  about  forty-five  school  districts  as  compared  with 
ninety-five  today.  In  that  day,  only  one  teacher  could  be 
found  in  a  school,  while  today  as  many  as  three  may  be 
found  in  some  of  the  public  schools  of  the  county,  v^ith  as 
high  as  ten  in  some  of  the  graded  schools.  At  that  time  the 
children  were  required  to  walk  long  distances  to  school  in  a 
log  hut  containing  only  one  room  and  heated  by  a  large  fire- 
place fed  with  large  logs.  Today  the  child  has  a  school 
within  a  reasonable  distance  in  a  modern  building  containing 
from  two  to  eight  rooms,  and  in  soma  instances,  heated  by 
steam.  The  windows  in  the  school  buildings  of  those  days 
were  made  by  cutting  away  a  portion  of  two  logs  and  insert- 
ing therein  panes  of  glass.  The  light  from  these  windows 
were  insufficient,  and  on  cloudy  days,  the  eyes  of  the  pupils 
were  strained  to  study.  To-day  the  school  building  is  well 
lighted  by  large  modern  windows  and  the  children  are  able 
to  study  in  comfort.  The  building  of  war  times  contained 
but  one  door  through  which  all  the  children  entered  and  left 
in  a  disorderly  manner  like  bees  from  a  hive.  To-day  the 
building  contains  a  number  of  doors  through  which  the  child- 
ren enter  and  pass  out  in  ease  and  military  order.  The 
children  then  were  given  but  one  recess  during  the  day — 
one  hour  at  twelve  o'clock.  The  children  were  called  together 
at  eight  in  the  morning  and  were  held  until  twelve  when 
they  were  given  the  noon  intermission.  Call  bells  were  un- 
known then  and  the  children  were  called  to  ''books"  by 
beating  on  the  house  with  a  stick.  Study  was  resumed  again 
at  one  o'clock  and  continued  until  four.  Now  the  tediousness 
of  study  is  tempered  with  three  recesses  and  a  shorter  da}^ 
The  seating  accomodations  of  the  old-time  school-house  con- 
sisted of  slabs  from  some  near-by  saw  mill  with  four  sticks 
for  supports,  the  ends  of  which  some  times  extended  two  or 
three  inches  above  the  flat  side.  Not  so  to-day.  We  have 
the  latest  model  patent  desk  in  many  of  our  school  rooms 
which  enable  the  children  to  study  in  comfort. 

Usually  about  four  lessons  were  recited  daily,  the  text 
books  consisting  of  Webster's  Old  Blue  Back  for  a  speller  and 


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the  Testament  for  a  reader.  Soon,  however,  the  Saunder's, 
McDuffy's,  and  others  readers  were  introduced.  The  Pike's 
and  Fowler's  arithmetics  were  used, being  replaced,  however, 
by  Davie's  and  Saunder's.  Grammars  or  geographies  were 
rarely  found  in  the  schools,  but  Bullion's,  Murray's  and  other 
grammars  ware  soon  introduced.  Mitchell's,  and  other  old 
time  geographies,  soon  came  into  use  and  answered  the  pu  - 
pose  in  those  days.  Nowadays  the  student  goes  to  the  school 
room  literally  loaded  down  with  text  books.     Reader,  spell- 


GRACE   ACADEMY,    JACOBS   FORK   TOWNSHIP 

ing  book,  arithmetic,  grammar,  geography,  history,  civics, 
physiology,  agriculture,  botany,  algebra,  latin,  etc.,  are  to  be 
found  among  the  present  day  school  boy's  belongings. 

The  amusements  of  those  days  were  simpler,  and  perhaps 
more  varied,  than  those  of  today.  Then  bull-pen,  town-ball, 
hDly-roly,  cat-ball,  and  marbles  furnished  sufficient  entertain- 
ment for  the  boys  and  girls  at  play-time.  Today  it  is  base- 
ball, foot-ball  and  other  more  strenuous  games. 

Locking  the  teacher  out  was  a  common  pastime  in  those 
days.  The  children  would  go  to  the  school  house  ahead  of 
the  teachers  a  day  or  two  before  Christmas  and  would  secure- 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


ly  bind  the  door  against  tiie  teacher  and  keep  him  on  the 
outside  until  he  promised  a  treat  with  appks  crc£rc\.  II  1  e 
stubbornly  refused,  the  laiger,  boys  would  carry  him  to  the 
nearest  pool  and  duck  him  repeatedly  until  the  desired  treat 
was  promised.  Sometime,  however,  the  teacher  would  anti- 
cipate a  "pen-out"  and  would  go  prepared  with  a  quantity 
of  red  pepper.  On  finding  the  door  closed  against  him,  he 
would  climb  to  the  chimney  top  and  drop  the   pepper    down 


ABERNETHY   SCHOOL   HOUSE,    FIVE    MILES   SOUTH   OF   HICKORY 

into  the  fire  and  place  something  over  the  chimney  top  and 
await  results.  He  w^ould  not  have  long  to  wait,as  the  smoke 
from  the  pepper  was  too  much  for  the  boys.  The  door  would 
fly  open  and  the  boys  would  rush  out  for  fresh  air  when  the 
teacher  would  enter  and  all  would  settle  down  to  a  hard  day's 
work.  Spelling  aloud  was  the  method  of  study  then  and  the 
students  could  often  be  heard  for  a  quarter  of  a  mile  distance. 
Things  are  changed  now,  and  absolute  quiet  reigns  in  the 
school  room  during  study  hours. 

But  from  the  day  of  small  things,  we  have  advanced  to 
an  age  of  activity  in  public  school  work.  The  Catawba  Soldier 
and  his  descendants  have  implanted  the  seeds    of  progress. 


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29 


and  they  are  springing  up  and  bringing  forth  an  hundred 
fold.  This  is  another  evidence  of  the  fact  that  the  Confede- 
rate Soldier  has  displayed  as  much  zeal  and  patriotism  in 
time  of  peace  as  in  time  of  war.  And  in  fact,  these  noble 
sons  of  the  South  have  won  their  greatest  victories  since  the 
close  of  that  unhappy  period  which  deluged  this  nation  in 
blood.  Returning  home  after  the  war,  he  found  his  country 
desolate  and  his  habitation  destroyed. 

Nothing  daunted,  he  set  his  face  to  the  task  of  bringing 


SWEET  WATER   SCHOOL   HOUSE,    TWO   MILES    EAST   OF   HICKORY 


order  out  of  chaos  and  making  the  waste  places  blossom  as 
the  rose.  How  well  he  succeeded  may  be  determined  by 
noting  the  present  prosperous  conditions  of  his  native  land. 
The  following  report  of  our  present  county  Superintendant 
of  Public  Instruction  will  enable  us  to  see  the  progress  of  the 
cause  of  education  in  Catawba  county: 

"There  are  in  this  county  today  ninty-six  districts,  twenty- 
four  of  which  have  voted  local  tax.  The  total  length  of 
school  term  in  the  local  tax  districts  is  110  days;  the  average 
length  in  other  districts  being  86  days.  There  are  in  the 
county  33  libraries,  containing  nearly  1900    volumes;    there 


30  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

are  111  teachers  with  a  total  enrollment  of  4,828  students, 
and  an  average  attendance  of  3,425.  The  county  has  school 
property  to  the  total  value  of  $35,150,  and  an  available  school 
fund  of  $30,499,  or  a  per  capita  fund  of  $1.73." 

We  herewith  give  an  idea  of  our  progress  in  the  way  of 
buildings  for  school  purposes.  The  Abernethy  School  house 
here  presented  with  its  sketch,  is  south  of  Hickory  5  miles. 
The  Sweet  water  school  is  just  below  Hickory,  and  is  the 
third  building  since  the  war;  the  Lohr,  or  Grace  School,  is 
southwest  of  Newton  and  is  the  fourth  building  since  the 
war.  The  Monbo  School  is  southeast  of  Catawba  8  miles  and 
is  a  model  neighborhood  enterprise.  These  are  scattered 
samples  of  the  Catawba  spirit  to  educate  the  masses.  Thus 
hath  the  masses,  the  old  soldier  ever  to  the  front,  wrought 
wonderfully  in  the  development  of  education  in  the  county. 
These  ninety  odd  buildings  scattered  in  every  community  to- 
gether with  our  four  chartered  institutions  leaves  no  excuse 
for  any  boy  or  girl  to  gro^^ Aip  un^itpred.     ,       ^ 

The  old  soldier  has  any  ays  recognized  tlie  lawmakers  dis- 
crimination against  th^  pimple's  schools,  by  giving  what  is 
left,  after  making  ample  provisions. |pr  her  three  favorites, 
University,  A.  &  M.,  and  Normal  &  Industrial  College.  Let 
the  cry  increase  unjust,  unjust,  unjust  "till  the  battlements 
fall,  and  then,  and  not  till  then,  will  the  masses  get  what 
is  justly  due  them  educationly." 

The  soldier  pities  the  lawmakers  who  have  not  learned 
this  one  patent  fact,  that  as  you  educate  the  masses,  the 
wealth  producers,  you  increase  his  productive  capacity,  and 
thus  fill  the  coffers  of  other  occupations:— The  merchant 
has  a  larger  trade;  the  bankers  greater  deposits;  the 
manufacturers  greater  trade;  the  doctor  more  practice;  the 
preacher  and  teacher  a  living  salary — in  fact,  every  thing 
takes  on  new  life  by  infusing  into  our  schools  the  spirit  of 
this  strenuous  age.  Let  the  watch-w^ord  be  just  and  equal 
apportionment  of  the  school  fund  to  the  peoples'  schools  and 
to  the  class  schools. 

Of  the  schools  of  the  county  the  remaining  soldiers  are 
proud,  feeling  as  they  do  that  these  are  the  products  of  their 
sacrifice.  "He  hath  done  what  he  could,"  in  every  depart- 
ment of  life. 


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THE  HOMES  AND  HOME  LIFE    OF  CATAWBA 
COUNTY   1865-1911. 

The  great  change  and  development  that  has  swept  the 
Southern  States  in  the  few  decades  since  the  War  has  not 
been  manifested  more  strikingly  in  any  department  of  life 
than  in  the  homes  and  the  home  life  of  the  people  of  the 
South.  The  strides  and  bounds  with  which  every  phase  and 
line  of  business,  trade  and  manufacture  has  gone  forward  in 
that  short  time  cannot  command  more  amazement  than  the 
complete  revolution  that  the  Southern  home  and  home  life 
has  undergone.  This  change  which  touched  North  Carolina 
no  less  than  other  States,  can  be  pointed  out  in  vivid  manner 
here  in  this  very  section— in  the  homes  of  the  people  of  Ca- 
tawba County.  These  Western  North  Carolinians  have  un- 
doubtedly seen  the  years  sweep  away  so  much  of  the  old 
regime  and  manner  of  life  that  to  our  young  people  of  today 
such  depicting  of  the  life  around  here  of  forty-odd  years  ago 
seems  more  a  "Tale  of  long  ago"  than  so  short  a  space  back 
in  time  that  the  older  people  of  this  country  can  easily  recall 
such  events  and  scenes.  Small  wonder  that  the  younger 
generation  is  surprised  when  in  drawing  a  picture  of  life  in 
the  old  homesteads  we  show  the  contrast  between  the  home 
to  which  the  Confederate  Soldier  returned  and  those  which 
the  good  people  of  Catawba  County  now  occupy. 

The  period  after  the  war  was  a  period  characterized  by 
hard  poverty  in  every  walk  of  life,  but  especially  in  the  home. 
The  Confederate  Soldier  returned  to  labor  and  to  work.  The 
mothers,  wives,  and  daughters,  servantless  and  poor,  took 
upon  their  shoulders  uncomplainingly  the  drudgery  of  the 
household  tasks.  Truly  it  may  be  said  of  them  that  by  the 
"Sweat  of  the  brow  did  they  eat  bread. "  The  daily  round 
of  household  duties  was  varied  and  never-ending,  a  thousand 
tasks  arose  to  be  completed  with  every  sun.  Whatever  of 
clothing,  light  and  food  they  obtained,  whatever  of  comfort 
and  cheer  surrounding  them  in  their  homes,  was  only  pro- 
duced by  labor,  thrift  and  saving  care. 

Looking  back  upon  this  picture  of  hard  toil  we    see    its 


32  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

setting  and  frame- work  in  the  typical  home  of  Catawba 
County  as  it  was  then.  These  houses  were  small  and  un- 
pretentious looking,  but  were  made  lovely  in  gi:m,mer  by 
vines  and  the  beloved  old-fashioned  flowers  that  grew  in 
every  "Grand-mother's  Garden."  The  bordered  path  led 
up  to  the  door,  and  here  one  entered  into  the  general  living 
room,  warm,  cheery  and  bright  with  it's  glowing  open  fire  in 
winter  and  it's  shadowed  cool  in  summer.  Here  ihe  family 
gathered  together  when  the  day  was  over,  about  the  solitary 
little  candle  that  so  bravely  strove  to  light  the  depths  of 
gloom.  Here  the  friendly  neighbors  who  cameover  to  spend 
the  day,  sat  working  on  their  half-completed  quilts,  their 
knitting  or  sewing,  never  idle,  but  talking  of  "the  days  be- 
fore the  War"  or  the  present  news  while  they  worked.  Here 
the  social  gatherings  were  held,  no  fear  of  boisterous  young 
people  doing  harm  to  the  rag  carpets,  the  home  spun  cur- 
tains or  the  split-bottomed  chairs  with  which  the  room  was 
furnished.  Without  doubt  these  rooms  contained  many 
pleasant  memories  of  happy  scenes  despite    "hard    times." 

Certainly  there  could  be  no  greater  contrast  to  this 
cheery  room  than  the  gloomy  dark  "best  room"  or  parlor. 
With  its  better  furnishing  of  carpet  and  chairs  carefully 
guarded,  its  shades  drawn  down  and  the  few  pictures  hung 
precisely  on  the  wall  and  the  few  books  placed  precisely  on 
the  table,  this  sacred  precinct  was  always  kept  closed  and 
generally  locked.  Only  on  such  occasions  as  weddings  or 
funerals  was  its  dark  domain  invaded  and  used. 

Passing  by  the  bed  rooms  with  their  high  four-posted 
beds,  the  pretty  crazy  quilts  and  the  old  furniture  that  had 
been  handed  down  from  mother  to  daughter,  we  find  the 
old-time  kitchen,  the  most  important  and  interesting  place  of 
all.  Here  was  the  great  open  fire-place  with  its  two  swing- 
ing rods,  one  on  each  side,  fitted  out  with  hooks  on  which 
were  hung  the  many-sized  pots  over  the  glowing  coals. 
Sometimes  there  was  an  old-time  stove;  but,  if  so,  this  was 
only  used  for  special  occasions  such  as  the  baking  of  all  the 
weekly  pies  and  bread  on  a  Saturday,  or  the  huge  cakes  for 
the  Christmas  season.  Generally  the  daily  supply  of  vege- 
tables and  meat  was  prepared  by  boiling  everthing  over  the 
open  fire.     Apples,  sweet  and  Irish  potatoes  were   baked  in 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  33 

the  hot  ashes:  chestnuts  were  roasted  and  pop-corn  often 
popped  over  a  bed  of  coals.  The  dutch  oven,  a  round  cover- 
ed pan  in  which  biscuits  were  baked,  was  often  set  on  these 
coals  with  its  layer  of  coals  on  top.  Strings  of  beef  and 
sausage,  dipped  in  brine  and  hung  over  the  stove  or  aiound 
the  room  to  dry  out,  were  frequent  ornaments  of  the  kitchen. 
Bunches  of  red-repper  also  made  a  cheerful  spot.  The  ad- 
joining pantry  was,  of  course,  the  realm  of  delicacies  and 
stacks  on  stacks  of  good  things.  Here  was  sweet-pickle  and 
preserves  made  from  every  kind  of  fruit,  row  on  row  of 
dried  apples,  pears  and  peaches,  fresh  tomatoes  and  fruit 
saved  far  into  the  Fall,  not  to  mention  the  weekly  supplies 
of  delicious  pies  and  pastry. 

Frequently  there  was  a  cellar  to  the  house  where  winter 
provisions  of  potatoes,  vegetables  and  apples  were  stored. 
Down  in  its  depths  was  the  place  for  the  shelves  of  peanuts 
and  the  barrels  of  saur  kraut,  which  during  the  Fall  was 
made  by  filling  in  alternate  layers  of  cabbage  and  salt,  with 
the  whole  pressed  down  by  large  rocks.  Fruit  and  melons 
were  often  placed  in  wheat  bran  in  the  cellar  for  preserva- 
tion and  it  was  a  great  achievement  if  some  could  be  saved 
long  enough  to  grace  the  Christmas  festivities. 

Almost  all  of  the  food  was  raised  on  or  near  the  home 
place.  Every  household  had  a  garden  where  the  vegetables 
were  raised  and  fruit  trees  around  the  place,  if  not  a  regular 
orchard,  while  as  for  meat,  chickens  were  an  important  ar- 
ticle and  during  the  Winter  great  supplies  lasted  over  from 
hog-killing  time.  Outside  the  kitchen  in  the  back  yard  a 
low  brick  oven  was  generally  built,  where  the  baking  was 
done  when  the  kitchen  held  no  stove.  Molasses  was  used  a 
great  deal  to  take  the  place  of  the  more  expensive  brown 
sugar,  and  once  or  twice  a  year  a  general  stock  of  salt,  sugar 
coffee  and  commodities  of  that  sort  which  could  not  be 
"home-made"  or  home-grown  were  laid  in.  Water  in  the 
kitchen  or  elsewhere  was  not  used  so  lavishly  as  at  present, 
because  often  every  bucketful  had  to  be  carried  from  the 
spring  which  might  be  quite  a  distance  from  the  house. 

If  these  houses  could  not  boast  of  beauty,  they  were 
nevertheless  cheery  and  home-like.  The  walls  were  plaster- 
ed or  sealed  without  paper  and  the  few  pictures  on  the  walls 


34  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

with  occasional  portraits  of  wood  cuts  for  which  the  car- 
penter had  sawed  out  and  painted  a  frame.  Books  there 
were  but  few  outside  the  family  Bible,  but  those  favored 
persons  who  had  small  libraries  were  usually  generous 
enough  to  lend  reading  material  around  to  friends  and  neigh- 
bors. The  novel  rag  carpets  were  manufactured  at  home 
from  scraps  which  had  been  saved  for  that  purpose.  The 
candles  by  which  light  was  insured  during  the  long  winter 
evenings  were  made  by  dozens  and  half-dozens,  by  pouring 
the  hot  tallow  into  the  moulds,  after  the  wick  had  been  fixed, 
in  place.  Curtains  at  the  windows  gave  a  touch  of  prettiness 
and  comfort.  These,  hanging  over  the  figured  paper  shades, 
were  of  a  certain  material  which  lasted — as  did  most  things 
of  that  day—  year  in  and  year  out. 

As  for  clothing,  forty-odd  years  ago  the  styles  did  not 
change  every  season  as  they  do  now.  Clothing  which 
had  been  ones  mother's  or  grand-mother's  was  handed 
on  down.  Woolen  dresses  when  obtained  were  worn  every 
winter  till  in  rags.  Stockings  were  knitted  at  home  and 
other  clothing  when  the  weaver  had  finished  his  job  was  put 
together  entirely  by  hand.  Men's  suits  were  usually  home- 
spun. Shoes  were  made  by  the  cobbler  of  the  community 
and  one  or  two  pairs  a  year  were  considered  sufficient.  Hats 
were  used  season  after  season  and  every  piece  of  trimming 
or  pretty  bit  of  ribbon  was  carefully  treasured.  At  social 
gatherings  the  young  man  who  wore  a  "Northern"  or  ready- 
made  suit  was  considered  a  dude  and  a  dandy.  Hair-dress- 
ing in  that  time  was  rather  severe,  the  hair  being  drawn  back 
over  the  ears  into  a  coil  behind.  In  the  case  of  young  girls, 
curls  were  preferred,  and  their  few  party  dresses  were  made 
short  waisted  or  empire  in  style. 

The  most  pleasant  side  of  this  picture  is  the  social  life 
of  that  time.  Neighbors  were  very  friendly--often  one  good 
house-wife  would  bring  her  work  and  spend  the  day  with 
another — then  a  good  old  country  dinner  would  be  prepared  — 
no  fancy  dishes  but  plenty  to  eat.  The  young  people  had 
social  gatherings  at  each  other's  homes,  quiltings  and 
sewing  bees  and  husking  parties  in  the  fall.  Usually  the 
old  people  did  the  work  while  the  young  folks  played  the 
good  old-fashioned  sports  of  "Drop-the-handkerchief"    and 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  35 

others.  At  dances  the  square  dances  were  only  engaged  in 
and  the  Virginia  Reel  was  the  most  popular.  In  the  summer 
Camp  Meetings  were  frequently  attended  and  these  were  a 
great  event  in  most  people's  lives,  since  at  these  times  the 
country  people  saw  friends  and  exchanged  news  and  enjoyed 
social  intercourse  that  was  usually  denied  them.  Church 
during  the  year  was  well  attended.  Whenever  an  opportun- 
ity was  afforded  as  the  minister  went  the  rounds  of  his  seve- 
ral charges,  the  people  would  drive  in  for  miles  around. 
This  was  the  social  side,  but  nowhere  one  could  look  at  the 
people  gathered  together  or  in  their  homes  but  what  one  saw 
traces  of  home  labor  and  toil.  From  the  food  they  ate  to  the 
clothing  that  kept  the  body  warm  one  could  discern  cease- 
less industry  in  the  thousand  lines  of  household  work. 

It  would  be  of  little  use  to  go  into  details  concerning  the 
multitude  of  conveniences  and  luxuries  that  have  been  in- 
vented— especially  in  the  last  decade — to  make  the  present 
day  homes  of  Catawba  County  so  different  from  those  they 
have  superceded.  It  is  only  necessary  to  look  about  one  and 
consider  the  most  important  of  the  changes — how  the  elec- 
tric light  has  taken  the  place  of  the  single  little  candle;  in- 
stead of  the  bucketful  of  spring  water  we  can  depend  upon 
an  unlimited  supply  from  a  river,  from  fixtures  in  our  homes; 
and  the  simmering  pot  over  an  open  fire  has  been  replaced 
by  a  huge  kitchen  range  with  every  kind  of  implement  and 
utensil  for  cooking  that  the  mind  could  imagine.  When 
one  thinks  of  the  convenience  of  the  telephone,  of  the 
well-stocked  grocery  store  that  will  deliver  any  kind  of 
commodity  at  your  door,  of  the  deluge  of  books,  magazines 
and  papers  for  us  to  read,  how  one  can  be  supplied  with 
everything  in  the  way  of  comfort  and  luxury  from  kitchen  to 
parlor — furniture,  carpets  and  pictures  to  make  beautiful  the 
home,  and  every  invention  to  make  the  home-work  easy,  it 
is  no  wonder  that  we  hardly  realize  there  was  a  time  of 
privation  and  inconvenience  and  hardship  just  a  comparative- 
ly few  years  ago  when  all  these  things  were  unknown,  and 
what  we  now  consider  necessities  of  living,  were  to  them 
unthought  of  luxuries. 

Now  that  the  home  work  has  been  so  lightened,  that  the 
mothers,  wives,  and  daughters  have  time  for  other    things, 


36  THE  CATAWBA    SOLDIER 

the  social  side  of  the  community  has  increased  according-ly. 
In  the  towns  numerous  clubs  of  civic  improvement,  of  reading 
and  study  and  of  pleasure  have  sprung  up.  In  the  country 
homes  the  telephone,  the  delivery  wagons  and  the  daily  ar- 
rival of  the  mail  at  one's  door  have  overcome  the  barrier  of 
the  miles,  and  we  are  all  brought  in  close  contact  with  the 
big  outside  world  and  its  movements  by  the  daily  newspaper. 
These  changes  have  certainly  brought  a  different  life  to 
the  people  of  Catawba  County,  and  it  seems  to  me  that  this 
fuller  life,  this  wider  range  of  interest-  more  education- 
more  Hterature,  would  tend  to  raise  us  higher,  to  advance  us 
farther,  to  make  us  a  more  liberal  and  broad-minded  people 
since  along  these  lines  the  progress  of  the  world  has  been 
made. 

Mary  Shuford. 
Hickory,  N.  C. 


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THE  POULTRY  INDUSTRY  OF  CATAWBA 
COUNTY. 

The  publication  of  this  history,  without  making  mention 
of  the  poultry,  would  not  only  be  injustice  to  the  readers  of 
the  same,  but  to  the  hen  also.  We  would  not  have  you 
think  she  is  the  old  barnyard  hen  which  has  helped  to  fill  many 
a  long  felt  want,  but  the  modern  hen  of  to-day,  which  fur- 
nishes more  than  the  wheat  and  cotton  crops  of  our  broad 
land.  There  has  nothing  advanced  more  than  the  poultry 
industry.  Tv/enty  years  ago  hens  sold  at  25  cents  each,  no 
matter  what  they  weighed,  and  to-day  they  sell  from  50 
cents  on  up  to  the  price  of  a  good  cow,  and  some  specimens 
even  more.  Twenty  years  ago,  or  say  fifteen,  eggs  sold  at 
5  cents  per  dozen;  to-day  they  sell  from  15c  to  $15.00  per  doz. 
owing  to  the  quality.  These  high  priced  eggs  are  not  layed 
by  the  old  long  ago  or  any  sort  of  old  hen,  but  by  the  im- 
proved hen,  such  as  the  Leghorn,  Minorca,  Barred  Rock, 
Rhode  Island  Rsd,  Wyandotte,  Orpington,  Houdan  and  many 
others. 

The  following  will  give  you  an  idea  of  what  is  being 
done  in  Catawba  County  in  poultry: 

Geo.  E.  Bisanar  breeds  single  comb  White  Leghorns, 
having  some  of  the  finest  birds  in  the  south.  If  you  think 
he  is  giving  them  away,  write  him. 

Piedmont  Poultry  Yards,  under  the  management  of  J. 
M.  and  W.  A.  Hawn,  are  breeding  single  comb  Buff  Leg- 
horns, Crystal  White  Orpingtons,  single  comb  Rhode  Island 
Reds  and  Indian  Runner  Ducks.  They  say  they  have 
chickens  of  quality,  and  are  here  to  stay.  When  you  ccme 
to  Hickory,  N.  C,  you  are  invited  to  their  yards. 

C.  M.  Shuford  breeds  Barred  Rocks  and  White  Wyan- 
dottes  and  finds  it  almost  as  profitable  as  the  drug  business. 
J.  M.  Shuford  breeds  White  Wyandottes.  D.  K.  Fry  breeds 
White  Wyandottes,  Black  Minorcas  and  Brown  Leghorns, 
J.  T.  Yoder  breeds  fifteen  different  varieties.  J.  S.  and  J. 
T.  Setzer  breed  eleven  or  twelve  different  varieties.  J.  A, 
Lentz  breeds  Barred  Rocks,  White  Orpingtons  and  Columbian 


38  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

Wyandottes;  J.  C.  Williams  breeds  Rhode  Island  Reds;  Edgar 
Yoder  breeds  White  Orpingtons,  and,  they  say,  has  invested 
several  hundred  dollars  in  the  business;  C.  E,  Bumgarner 
breeds  White  Wyandottes  and  Black  Minorcas;  J.  A.  Peter- 
son breeds  White  Orpingtons  and  R.  I.  Reds;  J.  C.  Deitz 
breeds  Game;  A,  H.  Keever  breeds  White  Wyandottes  and 
Leghorns;  Jones  W.  Shufordand  Sons  are  also  in  the  poultry 
business;  W.  L.  Boatright  has  been  in  the  business  a  long 
time  and  he  says  he  likes  it.  He  breeds  Black  Minorcas.  W. 
J.  Shuford,  the  seed  man,  breeds  White  Wyandottes  and 
Turkeys,  and  his  partner,  R.  0.  Abernethy,  has  gone  into 
the  business  very  extensively.  He  is  going  to  equip  an  egg 
farm  with  White  Leghorns  and  White  Orpingtons.  Lloyd 
Whitener  breeds  Buff  Rocks;  S.  L.  Whitener  breeds  White 
Wyandottes;  Auston  Wood  breeds  R.  L  Reds;  Geo.  Lyerly 
breeds  several  varieties;  Chas.  Bolick  breeds  Indian  Runner 
Ducks.  E.  L.  Whitener  and  J.  M.  Hawn  have  a  new  breed 
which  they  have  named  the  Catawba  Whites.  Editor  Banks, 
of  the  Hickory  Democrat,  is  also  a  fancier  of  the  feathered 
tribe  for  both  pleasure  and  profit.  L.  H.  Phillips  breeds 
several  varieties.  There  are  many  others  of  whom  the 
writer  has  no  knowledge,  breeding  fancy  poultry,  both  for 
pleasure  and  profit. 

What  has  been  said  has  no  reference  to  the  chickens 
bought  and  sold  and  shipped  to  the  northern  markets  for 
table  consumption.  The  amount  realized  from  the  last 
named  is  immense. 

In  the  spring  of  1910,  in  sixty  days,  there  was  shipped 
out  of  Hickory  alone  thirteen  cars  of  eggs. 

Annually,  sometime  in  the  fall,  the  Catawba  County 
people  have  at  Hickory,  N.  C.  what  is  known  as  "A  Free 
Street  Fair."  At  this  fair  is  exhibited  all  of  the  farm  pro- 
ducts, and  it  has  been  said  by  people  who  have  been  around 
and  have  seen,  that  it  is  a  credit  to  any  county  or  state.  At 
this  fair  is  a  poultry  show  which  has  been  organized  as  the 
Catawba  Poultry  Association.  And  there  you  will  see  some 
of  as  fine  birds  as  ever  graced  a  show  room,  and  the  number 
exhibited  is  not  a  few.  At  the  last  show  there  was  on 
exhibit  five  hundred,  all  the  leading  varieties  being  rep- 
resented.    The   show  is   wide  open.     Let   everybody   come. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  39 

The  time  is  past  for  you  to  send  out  of  the  state  for  fancy 
poultry  of  any  variety.  You  can  get  quality  right  here  and 
in  a  few  more  years  you  can  also  get  quantity. 

J.  Morgan  Hawn. 
Hickory,  N.  C,  June  20,  1911. 


40  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

MANUFACTURING  IN  CATAWBA  COUNTY 

Among  all  the  industries  of  the  county  none  have   made 
greater  strides  than  the  manufacturing  industries.     In    1£61 
there  were  perhaps  as  many  as  six   carders  in    the    county, 
manufacturing  wool  into  rolls  to  be  spun  on   the  "big"    and 
"little"  wheels,  then  to  be  woven  into  cloth    on    the    loom, 
specimens  of  which  may  be  found  yet  in  the  plunder  rooms 
of  3Dn3  fanilias.     1331  foaad  a  few  CDtton  gins  also.     Now 
there  are  many  of   the    most    improved    kinds.     Then    the 
county  could  claim  but  one  little  cotton  manufacturing   mill, 
now  she  levies  taxes  on  eleven,  some  of  which  are    not    re- 
coned  small.     Then  we  found  at  many    cross-roads,    wagon 
and  blacksmith  shops,  the  work  all  done  by  hand.     Now  we 
find  the  Piedmont  Wagon  Co.,  at  Hickory  doing  all  the  work 
by  machinery,  and  turning  out  wagons  at  the    rate    of    ten 
thousand  per  day— and  the  Bolick  buggy  shops  at    Conover, 
doing  a  wholesale  business  in  the  building  of  buggies.  Then 
we  had  many  little  tanneries^ — taking  twelve  months  to  tan  a 
hide.     Now  we  have  large  tanneries  doing  the  work  by  ma- 
chinery, and  on  short  notice.     In  1861  for  the    manufacture 
of  lumber  there  were  a  few  old  sash  saws,  the  limit  of  which 
was  six  or  seven  hundred  feet  per  day.     Now  the   improved 
mills  saw  thousands  of  feet  per  day.     In   1861    the    prepar- 
ation of  this  poorly  sawed  lumber  for  building  was  done    by 
hand  with  the  plane — now  it  is  done  wholly    by    machinery, 
nearly  all  mills  running  a  planer  and  so    on    ad    infinitum. 
Nothing  in  a  material  sense  was  done  then   as    now.     Look 
to  the  town  history  for  information  on  the  subject  of  manu- 
facturing, as  well  as  other  progress    in    other    lines.      One 
more,  please.     In  1861  there  were  few  bricks   made    in  the 
county.     We  will  never  forget  the  day  when  a  boy,  ten  years 
old,  Father  wanted  brick  to  build  a  chimney,  and  none  to  be 
had.     He  made  a  circle  about  twelve  feet  in  diameter,  dug  a 
circle  about  two  feet  wide  around  to  the  sub-soil.      Into  this 
we  threw  red  clay  sub-soil,  which  came  out  of  a  cellar    near 
by.     Upon  this  we  poured  water  obtained  from  a  well,    and 
prepared  this  for  the  moulds  by  riding  horses  around.     This 
seems  a  little  humiliating,  but  nevertheless    true.     Some  of 
these  bricks,  though  not  good—  may  yet  be  seen  on   the    old 


OF  THE  CIVIL   WAR  41 

homestead  today  — 60  years  old.  Many  other  devices  were 
resorted  to  by  the  then  citizens,  that  seem  impossible  to  the 
boys  and  girls  of  today.  But  we  have  given  some  to  show 
the  contrast  of  periods  in  which  the  "old  soldier"  lived.  If 
the  same  advances  are  made  in  the  next  half  century  that 
have  been  made  during  the  past  fifty  years,  we  wot  not  what 
will  be.  It  has  not  its  parallel  in  history.  More  progress 
in  the  arts,  sciences,  inventions,  discoveries  have  been  made 
in  the  past  fifty  years  than  since  God  said,  "Let  there  be 
light"  or  Biblically  6000  years,  or  Geologically  30, COO  or 
shall  we  conclude  from  this  that  there  is  in  the  world's  history 
a  great  event  just  in  sight?  To  the  author,  it  portends  some- 
thing, let  that  something  be  the  "end  of  time"— the  Milen- 
nium"-  or  what  we  know  not— we  have  had  the  honor  of 
having  lived  in  the  most  remarkable  age  of  the  world's 
history. 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER  43 


THE  CITY  OF  HICKORY 

As  the  mind  of  the  reader  lingers  loving'ly  over  the 
reminiscences  of  long  ago  recorded  in  this  took,  it  is  but 
natural  that  we  should  think  in  a  retrospective  Vvay  of 
Hickory  Tavern,  then  Hickory  Station,  and  now  the  City  of 
Hickory.  A  glance  at  the  picture  of  the  little  old  log  cabin 
known  as  Hickory  Tavern  will  enable  the  younger  rtadtrs 
of  this  book  to  realize  the  conditions  here  when,  in  1858,  the 
deed  for  the  first  town  lot  sold  in  Hickory  was  made  to 
Henry  W.  Link.  In  the  spring  of  1859  Mr.  Link  had  the 
lumber  on  the  lot,  and  in  the  fall  of  1860,  the  first  house  in 
Hickory  was  completed  by  the  contractor,  Mr.  Jackson  J. 
Sigmon.  It  was  a  combination  dwelling  and  store  house. 
Henry  Link  and  family  moved  in  in  the  fall  of  1860.  The 
firm  of  Ellis,  Link  &  Co.  was  organized,  composed  of  Dr.  J. 
R.  Ellis,  Henry  Link  and  Wm.  H.  Ellis.  Goods  were  bought 
in  Philadelphia,  and  the  first  store  was  opened  for  business. 
Within  the  following  year  stores  were  opened  by  Levi  Elias 
and  Dr.  A.  D.  Lindsay.  There  was  no  building  done  from 
1861  to  1865  on  account  of  ths  Civil  war,  except  four  com- 
missary buildings,  built  by  the  Confederate  Government  for 
packing  and  storing  meats  and  grain  for  the  Army.  These 
buildings  were  very  large,  affording  every  facility  for  pack- 
ing and  shipping.  These  were  burned  by  Maj.  E.  M.  Todd, 
C.  S.  A.,  in  April,  1865,  just  before  the  Federal  tioops 
entered  the  town.  One  hundred  and  forty  barrels  of 
whiskey,  temporarily  stored  in  one  of  the  buildings,  were 
burned;  also,  large  quantities  of  corn  and  wheat,  which  had 
been  collected  as  tithe.  The  payment  of  the  tenth  of  every 
thing  produced  in  the  country  by  the  women  and  children 
was  a  great  sacrifice  to  the  cause  of  the  South.  This  tithe 
included  wheat,  corn,  meats,  hay,  etc.  The  return  of  Con- 
federate soldiers  in  the  spring  of  1865  enabled  them  to  plant 
for  a  crop.  Anything  that  could  be  hitched  to  a  plow  was 
used,  and  the  result  was  the  best  crop  in  years.  In  1S60 
there  were  two  stage  lines, —one  to  Asheville,  N.  C,  and 
one    to   Abingdon,    Va.      The   Abingdon   line   was   discon- 


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45 


tinued  in  1861.  The  Ashe  \^ille  line  was  moved  to  the  ter- 
minus of  the  Western  N.  C.  railroad,  a  few  miles  West  of 
Icard  (now  Connelly  Springs),  at  which  place  "Camp 
Vance"  was  located.  The  first  manufacturing  plant  estab- 
lished at  Hickory  Tavern,  was  the  Piedmont  Wagon  Co. 
The  manufacture  of  these  wagons  began  at  the  Catawba 
Toll  Bridge  by  Ramseur  and  Bonniwell.  The  plant  was 
afterwards  moved  to  Hickory  Tavern,  assuming  its  present 
name.  From  1865  to  1870,  the  town  became  a  good  trade 
centre  — especially  for  mountain  produce.     It  was  not  unusual 


A   BUSINESS  BLOCK   IN   HICKORY 

in  the  latter  part  of  the  year  to  see  forty  to  fifty  wagons 
from  Watauga  and  Caldwell  counties,  loaded  with  cabbage, 
apples,  butter,  cheese,  beans,  etc.,  on  the  streets. 

Having  given  in  the  above  paragraph  a  few  reminis- 
cences from  Mr.  A.  C.  Link,  we  cannot  refrain  from  quoting 
from  another  of  Hickory's  prominent  pioneers,  Mr.  A.  A. 
Shuford: 

"If  Mrs.  Shuford  were  here,  I  wouldn't  dare  say  what  I 
am  going  to  say.  Thirty-one  years  ago  I  lived  in  a  three- 
room  house;  but  we  added  a  room  for  every  baby  that  came. 
Now  we  live  in  a  fourteen-room  house.  This  is  typical  of 
the  towns  growth.     Thirty-one   years   ago   the  old  Presby- 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


terian  church  was  the  best  church  building-  in  town.  Now 
all  denominations  have  fine  buildings.  At  that  time  there 
wasn't  a  brick  building  in  town.  Neither  were  there  any 
street  lights  nor  electric  lights  for  the  homes.  Thirty-one 
years  ago  we  hadn't  heard  of  a  telephone.  The  manager  of 
our  exchange  here  tells  me  they  give  between  3000  and  4000 
connections  a  day.  Thirty-one  years  ago  the  pay-roll  for 
labor  here  was  about  $4,000.00  per  month.  Now  it  is  about 
$500,000.00  per  year.  Now  we  have  two  strong  banking- 
institutions  doing  a  big  banking  business.  Then  you  may 
say  there  was  no  banking  done.  What  little  was  done  was 
done  in  Charlotte.  Thirty  years  ago  there  wasn't  a  manu- 
facturing enterprise  here  worth  mentioning.  Now,  our 
varied  manufactured  goods  are  shipped  to  every  quarter  of 
the  globe." 

This  little  gl'mpse  into  the  past,  with  the  mental  vision 
of  pioneer  work,  closely  followed  by  the  dark  days  of  the 
civil  war,  and  the  hardships  and  privations  that  followed, 
bring  out  in  striking  contrast  the  City  of  Hickory  to-day. 
Bristling  with  activity,  it  has  all  the  ear-marks  of  Western 
progressiveness.  This  feature  is  the  first  thing  noticed  by 
the  new  comer:  the  city  is  going  ahead  and  planning  for  the 
future.  And  well  it  may.  Nature  has  been  lavish  in  many 
ways  in  supplying  Catawba  county  with  an  abundance  of 
natural  resources,  and  the  Hickory  people  are  not  burying 
any  of  their  talents.     The   glorious  climate   alone   is   every 


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BROOKFORD   COTTON   MILLS,    NEAR     HICKORY 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


47 


HICKORY   MANUFACTURING   CO.,    HICKORY 

year  appealing  more  and  more  to  people  north,  east  and 
west,  and  the  lure  is  irresistible. 

MANUFACTURING 


Hickory  was  cradled  in  a  wagon  bed.  In  1880  it  was 
selected  as  the  site  of  an  unpretentious  shop,  which  was 
reorganized  in  1889  and  which  has  developed  into  the  im- 
mense Piedmont  wagon  plant.  Here  the  famous 
Piedmont  and  Hickory  wagons  are  built  direct 
from  the  forest.  The  plant  covers  15  acres  of  ground  and 
has  a  capacity  of  10,000  wagons  a  year. 

Hickory,  having  thus  been  set  a-going  on  wheels,  has 
been  rolling  onward  in  a  manufacturing  career  ever  since. 
Lumber  of  every  description  floats  this  way  in  the  seething 
flume  of  business,  and  it  is  not  surprising  to  find  the  city  a 
large  woodworking  centre.  The  Hickory  Manufacturing 
Company,  Hutton  &  Bourbonnais,  and  the  Hickory  Novelty 
Company,  manufacture  every  kind  of  building  material  from 
the  raw  product  into  the  finest  of  finish  for  mansion  and 
cottage,  and  do  a  large  domestic  and  foreign  business. 
Everything  needed  for  building  may  be  had  right  here. 

There  are  three  large  cotton  mills.  The  Brookford  Cot- 
ton Mills  manufacture  sateens  and  scrim  curtains.     The  Ivey 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Mill  Co.  makes  a  high  grade  sateen,  which  goes  almost  ex- 
clusively into  the  lining  of  men's  tailor-made  coats.  Tl  e  A. 
A.  Sijford  Mill  Co,  manufacture  coarse  yarns. 

The  industries  of  the  city  are  further  diversified  with 
the  C.  &  N.  W.  R.  R  shops,  two  furniture  factories,  a  pump 
factory,  two  tanneries,  a  collar  factory,  a  harness  factory,  a 
ca'.i'.i:!r  fa2tory,  an  ice  plant,  a  foundry  and  machine  shop, 
two  hDsiary  mills,  a  pickerstick  and  school  desk  factory, 
.'^team    laundry  and  two   roller  mills.     The   money   value  of 


HICKORY   NOVKLTY    CO.,    HK^KOKY 

these  factories  is  $1,850,000  and  the  annual  output  amounts 
to  $2,250,030.  Thay  furnish  employment  to  a  large  number 
of  people. 

ELECTRICITY  AND   WATER   POWERS 

H'ckory  is  on  ths  northwestern  edge  of  a  vast  loop  of 
th  J  electric  transmission  lines  of  the  Southern  Power  Co. 
Mmy  of  the  mills  and  factories  use  this  power,  handled 
locally  by  the  Thornton  Light  and  Power  Co.,  the   company 


50 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


which  furnishes  the  city  with  its  ample  electric  lights.  In 
addition  to  this  power  which  comes  from  the  lower  reaches 
of  the  Catawba,  another  development  of  8000  Horse  Power 
at  Lookout  Shoals,  on  the  same  river  near  Hickory,  is  under 
way.  There  are  enough  undeveloped  water  powers  on  the 
Catawba  river  within  a  few  miles  of  the  city  to  furnish 
power  for  scores  of  years  to  come.  Industries  are  attracted 
by  water  powers  as  iron  filings  by  a  magnet,  and  che  develop- 


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FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK,    HICKORY 


ment  of  these  powers  is  being  definitely  planned,  assuring 
likewise  local  and  interurban  trolley  lines  in  the  near  future. 

BUSINESS  HOUSES 

Hickory  is  well  supplied  with  business  houses,  including 
groceries,  dry  goods,  hardware,  furniture,  stationery,  mil- 
linery, restaurants  and  the  like.  Three  finely  equipped 
drug  stores  would  do  credit  to  a  large  city.  Besides  a  neat 
opera  house  there  is  an  auditorium  capable  of  seating  1500 
people.  Hickory  is  a  large  jobbing  center  with  three  whole- 
sale grocery  houses  and  a  grain  and  provision  company. 


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BUILDING   &   LOAN 


51 


Th3  First  Building  and  Loan  Association  in  its  21sl  year 
(1910  had  500,000  shares  in  force  with  loans  of  $115,(00.  It 
pays  6  \)^r  cent,  compounded  annually  and  free  Ox  taxes.     A 


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H/CHO/fXN.C. 


larger  percentage  of  people  own  their  homes  in  Hickory,  it 
is  said,  than  in  any  other  place  for  its  size  in  the  country, 
which  confirms  the  fact  that  the  building  and  loan  associa- 
tion has  don 9  more  to  build  up  the  homes  of  the  city  than 
any  other  agancy. 

HOTELS 

The  new  Hotel    Huffry  stands   almost  on  the  site  of  the 


TEE  OLD 
HICKORY 
TAVERN 


HICKORY  S 

FIRST 
BUILDING 


old  Hickory  Tavern.  A  glance  at  the  pictures  of  e?ch  will 
illustrate  the  transformation  which  has  taken  place  and 
which  applies  as  well  to  almost   every  other  departmicnt  of 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


the  city's  life.  The  Huffry  is  thoroughly  equipped  with 
modern  eonveniencies  and  offers  first-class  accommodaticn 
to  the  tourist  and  the  traveling  public. 

The  Marshall  Hotel  has  been  remodelled  and  makes  a 
comfortable  stopping  place.  Many  good  boarding  places  are 
to  be  found. 

BANKS 

Hickory  has  two  banks.  The  First  National  has  a  capital 
and  surplus  of  .^235,000  and  is  conservatively  managed  by 
men  of  ability  and  experience.  It  is  one  of  the  oldest  insti- 
tutions in  Western  North  Carolina,  and   has    a    tremendous 


HICKORY   GRADED   SCHOOLS 

business  throughout  this  Piedmont  section. 

The  Hickory  Banking  &  Trust  Co  is  a  State  bank  of  $35,- 
000  capital  stock  and  is  a  well  managed  institution,  promising 
to  play  an  important  part  in  the  development  of  the  city. 

EDUCATIONAL  FACILITIES 

Besides  an  excellent  public  school  system  noted  for  its 
insistence  on  thoroughness  in  fundamentals,  Hickory  has 
two  higher  institutions  of  learning.  Claremont  College  is 
the  institution  for  the  higher  education  of  women  of  the 
German  Reformed  Church,  offering  superior  advantages  and 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


53 


having  a  far-reaching  reputation  as  a  college  home  and  for 
its  splendid  course  in  music.  Lenoir  College,  Lutheran, 
with  a  high  standard,  a  flexible  curriculum,  and  an  able  aud 
finely  trained  faculty,  is  an  institution  where  co-education 
is  conducted  under  the  best  possible  conditions.  Itsdiplom.a 
is  recognized  by  the  leading  colleges  and  uriversities  of  the 
country.  All  of  these  institutions  have  modern  buildirgs 
situated  on  beautiful  wooded  campuses. 

In  Hickory,  education  is  possible  under    ideal    conditions. 
The  healthful  and  invigorating  air  is  conducive  to  clearthink- 


FIRST   METHODIST   CHURCH,    HICKORY 

ing,  bringing  out  all  there  is  in  the  student,  while  in  low 
climates  where  malaria  and  miasma  prevail,  men  and  women 
are  not  capable  of  doing  their  best  work. 

CHURCHES 

The  Lutheran,  German  Reformed,  Methodist,  Baptist, 
Presbyterian  and  Episcopal  Churches  are  all  represented  by 
strong  congregations  and  most  of  them  have  beautiful  houses 
of  worship. 

RAILROADS 

The  Southern  Railway  divides  the  city  in  halves  and  may 
well  be  said  to  be  the  mother  of  the  town.     The  date  of  ccm- 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


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PRESBYTERIAxX  CHURCH,   HICKORY 

pletion  of  the  railroad  to  this  place  some  50  years  ago  is  also 
the  data  of  the  birth  of  the  town,  which  grew  up  under  the 
fostering  influence  of  this  great  artery  of  trade.  From  two  mix- 
ed trains  a  day  the  number  of  passenger  trains  has  ircreased 
to  six  and  the  freights  to  almost  a  continual  stream  of  load- 
ed cars. 

This  road  running  east  and  west  climbs  the  mountairs, 
winding  around  and  doubling  back  on  itself  about  the  coves 
and  peaks  of  Round  Knob,  until,  nearirg  the  top,  it  tunnels 


FIRST    BAPTIST    CHURCH,    HICKORY 


OF  THE  CIVIL   WAR 


55 


the  Blue  R'dge  and  finds  itself  perched  high  on  theAsheville 
plateau.  This  piece  of  railroad  engineering  has  for  years 
been  the  admiration  of  all  travelers  and  this  scenery  the  de- 
light of  every  lover  of  the  beautiful. 

The  rapid  increase  in  traffic  within  the  last  eight  years 
has  necessitated  the  change  of  the  Carolina  &  Northwestern 
from  a  narrow  gauge  to  a  standard  gauge  system  of  impor- 
tance in  the  Carolinas,     Coming  up  from  the  South,    with  4 


GERMAN  REFORMED  CHURCH,    HICKORY 

passenger  trains  (making  10  passenger  trains  daily  on  both 
roads)  it  pierces  to  the  very  heart  of  the  Blue  Ridge,  afford- 
ing easy  access  to  the  Switzerland  of  America,  whose  scenery 
is  unsurpassed  in  this  or  foreign  country. 

STREETS   AND   GOOD   ROADS 

The  principal  streets  of  Hickory  are  laid  in  tarred  ma- 
cadam and  the  county  roads  are  worked  according  to  m.cdern 
methods.  The  general  awakening  of  the  whole  country  to 
the  importance  of  good  roads  finds  a  responsive   echo    here. 


56 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


Under  the  leadership  of  a  progressive  good  road  asssociation, 
the  county  commissioners  in  1910  levied  a  special  road  tax 
for  road  working  purposes.  Hickory  is  in  the  path  of  the 
Salisbury  to  Asheville  Highway,  a  proposed  automobile  route 
paralleling  the  Southern  Railway  and  branching  off  at  Salis- 
bury from  the  great  North  and  South  Highway  between 
New  York  and  Atlanta. 


HOLY   TRINITY   LUTHERAN   CHURCH,    HICKORY 

At  Hickory  there  is  another  branch  leading  to  the  Blow- 
ing Rock  and  Linville  section,  before  mentioned,  where  fine 
pikes  are  already  the  delight  of  the  autoist. 

CLIMATE 

The  mild  climate,  free  from  extremes,  and  the  high 
altitude  make  this  place  peculiarly  healthful.     It  is  free  alike 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


57 


from  irritating  cold  and  depressing  heat;  from  chille-blains 
on  the  one  hand  and  malaria  on  the  other.  The  porous, 
sandy  soil  gives  fine  drainage  and  causes  quick  drying  of 
the  surface. 

Thus  located  there  is  nothing  to  hinder  the  developm.ent 
of  the  best  energies  of  him  who  would  do  things.  Here  the 
weak  grow  strong  in  breathing  the  healthful  ozone  of  a  pure 
and  invigorating  atmosphere.  Of  this  many  can  testify. 
This  book  might  easily  be  filled  with  enthusiastic  testimonials. 

WATER      SUPPLY 

Hickory  has  a  remarkably  pure  water  supply,  brought 
in  the  first  place  from  a  mountain  stream  and  then    filtered 


PARK   SCENE,   HICKORY 

in  one  of  the  most  modern  and  complete  filtering  plants. 
The  water  is  analyzed  every  3D  days  and  no  case  of  sickness 
has  ever  been  traced  to  it.  The  State  chemist  invariably  says 
in  his  report  "good  water." 

The  best  of  fire  protection,  guided  by  a  well  trained 
volunteer  department,  is  afforded.  The  city  is  also  supplied 
with  an  up-to-date  sewer  system. 

THE  CREAMERY  AND  THE  BACK  COUNTRY 

Dairying  is  one  of  the  most  profitable  industries  of  the 
south,  and  the  back  country  surrounding  Hickory  is  well 
adapted  for  this  purpose.  The  ne-v  Creamery  here  solves 
the  problem  of  market.  Their  route  wagons  gather  up  the 
cream  from  the  individual  farmers  and  an    expert    converts 


58  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

the  butter  fat  into  a  gilt  edged  butter  that  finds  a  ready  sale 
at  a  high  price.  It  is  the  aim  of  the  U.  S.  Agricultural  De- 
partment to  have  one  Creamery  in  the  United  States  upon 
whose  product  they  can  put  their  seal  of  approval  as  being 
absolutely  free  from  tuberculosis  germs.  The  Hickory  Cream- 
ery has  been  selected,  and  before  this  reaches  the  eye  of  the 
reader,  the  Hickory  Creamery  butter  will  have  a  name  and 
fame  that  will  mean  an  excess  of  demand  over   the    supply. 

CHAMBER  OF    COMMERCE 

And  now  a  word  about  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  com- 
posed, as  it  is,  of  the  leading  men  of  the  city.       There    are 


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about  200  members  of  this  organization,  each  man  with  his 
coat  off  working  for  the  upbuilding  of  Hickory.  They  are 
imbued,  too,  with  the  same  whole-hearted  spirit  of  comba- 
tiveness  that  the  rank  and  file  of  the  Confederate  army  were 
noted  for.  They  believe  in  Hickory  and  its  future,  and  they 
are  not  at  all  slow  in  letting  you  know  their  belief.  It  is 
composed  of  men  from  the  north,  south,  east  and  west— old 
residents  and  new  comers — all  working  for  the  same  goal,  a 
Greater  Hickory.  The  opening  banquet  scene  at  the  last 
annual  meeting  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  is  perhaps, 
indicative  of  the  Hickory  motive,  when  the  entire  assembly 
rose  to  their  feet  and  sang  "Hickory's  Booster  Song"  (com- 
posed by  A.  K.  Joy  for  the  occasion)  to  the  inspiring  air 
of  "Dixie." 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  59 

Old  Hickory's  the  best  in  the  Old  North  State, 
There's  room  for  you  if  you're  not  too  late, 
Come  along!  come  along!  come  along!  come  along! 
There's  no  use  talking,  we  set  the  pace; 
We're  sure  enough  winners  in  the  friendly  race. 
Come  along!  come  along!  come  along!  come  along! 

CHORUS 

Then  three  times  three  for  Hickory,  Hurrah!  Hurrah! 
Then  three  times  three  for  Hickory, 

We  never  say  die  in  Hickory. 
Come  along,  come  along,  come  along  with  us  to  Hick'ry. 
Come  along,  come  along,  come  along  with  us  to  Hick'ry. 

We  point  with  pride  to  nineteen  ten. 

We'll  never  be  classed  as  a  "might-have-been." 

Come  along!  come  along!  come  along!  come  along! 

So,  we'll  all  join  hands  for  the  years  to  come, 

Resolved  to  make  our  old  town  hum. 

Come  along!  come  along!  come  along!  come  along! 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


NEWTON,    N.   C. 

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1865,  the  now  prosperous  and  growing  county  seat  of 
Catawba  was  but  a  straggling  village,  with  two  or  three 
"stores"  and  few  dwellings.  The  untouched  forests  en- 
croached closely  on  the  town,  and  where  today  are  homes, 
business  hou3es,and  busy  factories,  there  stood  thick  growth 


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of  pine  and  oak.  The  town  was  established  in  1843,  when 
the  county  was  erected  out  of  Lincoln  county.  It  is  there- 
fore 68  years  old. 

Newton  has  had  slow  growth,  but  substantial  progress 
has  been  made  f  .'om  year  to  year,  until  now,  the  community 
has  reached  that  point  where  more  rapid  development  may 
be  expected.  The  census  of  1911  gives  the  town  2,316  popu- 
lation. The  census  came  at  an  inopportune  time  for  Newton, 
because  many  people  had  left  during  the  business  depression 
which  stopped  the  factories  and  created  dull  times.  Nor- 
mally, Newton  has  3,000  people. 


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All  these  people  are  industrious,  law-abiding-  citizens. 
Thare  are  few  loafers.  They  are  engaged  in  manufacturing 
chiefly,  but  there  are  the  usual  other  departments  of  activity. 


GERMAN   REFORMED   CHURCH,    NEWTON,    N.    C. 


62  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

The  main  industries  are  three  cotton  mills,  two  making-  yarn 
exclusively,  and  one  making  both  yarn  and  cloth.  Over  300 
operatives  find  employment  and  the  product  of  the  mills  runs 
into  the  hundreds  of  thousands  annually.  Another  very 
valuable  industry  is  a  hosiery  mill,  which  employs  about  100 
operatives  at  good  wages.  Besides  these  industries  there 
are  flouring  mills,  wood-working  plants,  machine  shops,  a 
recently  organized  cotton  seed  oil  mill,  with  $20,000  capital, 
cotton  gins,  laundry,  bakery,  ice  plant,  etc. 

The  manufacturing  plants  enjoy  the  modern  blessing  of 


PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH,  NEWTON,  N.  C. 

unlimited  electric  power,  furnished  by  the  Southern  Power 
Company, which  has  a  sub-station  here,  and  which  furnishes 
lights  for  the  city,  streets,  etc.  Coupled  with  this  advantage 
are  the  excellent  railway  facilities  furnished  by  the  Southern 
Railway  and  the  Carolina  &  Northwestern  Railroad.  Cheap 
power,  good  shipping  facilities,  abundant  labor  of  the  best 
class,  low  taxes,  and  plenty  of  suitable  sites  for  plants,  com- 
bine to  make  the  town  a  very  attractive  point  for  manufac- 
turers. 

In  addition  to  the  manufacturing    interests,    the    town 
contains  a  large  number  of  substantial  and  prosperous   busi- 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


63 


LUTHERAN   CHURCH,    NEWTON,   N.   C. 

ness  establishments.  There  is  a  constantly  growing  whole- 
sale grosery,  up-to-date  furnishing  stores,  dry  goods,  hard- 
ware, drug  stores, etc, ;  two  strong  banks  with  ample  capital. 


GKADE1>   SCHOOL,    NLVVTON,    N.    C. 


64 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


and  thousands  of  deposits;  three  tip-top  hotels,  two  news- 
papers, and  all  those  various  odds  and  ends  that  go  to  make 
up  a  complete,  modern  town. 

The  town  in  the  recent  past  built  granolithic  pavements 
and  improved  its  streets,  constructed  a  water  system,  get- 
ting water  from  wells;  built  a  sewer  system,  established  a 
fine  graded  school  and  perfected  an  electric  light  system  that 


BAPTIST   CHURCH,   NEWTON,    N.    C. 

is  as  good  as  that  of  any  city.  And,  notwithstanding  all  these 
imDrovemBnts,  the  tax  rate  of  the  town  is  without  question 
lowar  than  in  any  other  town  in  the  state  where  modern  im- 
provements have  been  made. 

The  location  of  the  town  is  admirable.  Situated  upon  a 
high  ridge,  there  is  natural  drainage,  hence  public  health  is 
exceptionally  good.     For  miles  around  the    town    in    every 


OF   THE   CIVIL  WAR  65 

direction  stretch  fertile  farm  lands  peopled  by  progressive 
farmsrs,  who  raise  abundant  crops  of  everything  that  grows 
in  the  wonderful  Piedmont  section  of  North  Carolina;  and 
thus  the  town  has  an  opulent  "back  country"  from  which 
to  draw  business. 

In  developing  all  these  varied  resources,  Newton  has  not 
neglected  other  phases  of  life.  The  leading  denominations 
all  have  attractive  church  structures  and  large  membership. 
The  ministry  of  the  town  is  exceptionally  strong,  and  is  liber- 
ally supported.  Catawba  College,  whose  history  covers  over 
a  half  century  of  inestimable  service,  is  located  here,  and  has 
had  great  influence  on  the  life  of  the  community.  The  moral 
standard  of  the  community  is  high,  and  many  of  those  evils 
which  exist  in  the  towns  of  today  are  conspicious  only  be- 
cause they  are  absent.  There  is  a  strong  sentiment  for  the 
enforcement  of  law  and  the  maintenance  of  order  and  de- 
cency. 

The  social  side  of  life  has  not  been  neglected.  There  are 
women's  clubs  and  various  societies.  Fraternal  orders,  that 
include  all  the  leading  organizations,have  large  membership. 
A  commercial  body,  after  the  pattern  of  a  chamber  of  com- 
merce, or  board  of  trade,  has  done  much  for  the  development 
of  the  business  interests,  and  an  outgrowth  of  that  is  a  club 
with  attractive  quarters,  which  has  for  its  object  social  en- 
joyment and  recreation. 

While  the  great  number  of  the  people  are  possessed  of 
only  moderate  property,  they  all  live  well.  There  are  no 
paupers,  and  the  community  numbers  among  its  citizens  seve- 
ral that  are  quite  wealthy,  so  that  Newton  is  able  to  finance 
almost  any  commercial  undertaking  that  may  come  up.  All 
welcome  the  stranger,  the  home-seeker,  the  investor; 
and  will  lend  themselves  to  inducing  such  to  cast  their  lot 
with  Newtonians. 


66  THE  CATAWBA    SOLDIER 


MAIDEN 


Maiden  had  its  genesis  in  the  building  of  the  Chester  and 
Lenoir  Narrow  Gauge  R.  R.  (Now  the  C.  &  N.  W.)  About 
the  time  rails  were  begun  to  be  laid  north  of  Lincolnton,  the 
Carpenters  began  the  building  of  a  cotton  mill.  It  was  this 
cotton  mill  which  formed  the  neuclus  for  the  town.  From 
the  few  families  gathered  together  to  furnish  operatives  for 
this  first  cotton  mill,  the  town  has  grown  until  now  it  num- 
bers about  1500  inhabitants. 

The  cotton  mill  industry,  one  of  the  principal  industries 
of  the  town,  has  grown  from  one  mill  to  three  (One  of  the 
three  being  located  just  outside  the  town  limits)  and  in  addi- 
tion, the  town  has  a  splendid  flour  mill,  two  cotton  gins,  two 
lumber  finishing  plants,  two  blacksmith  shops,  two  barber 
shops,  printing  office,  drug  store,  hardware  store,  furniture 
store  and  undertaker's  establishment, bank  and  eight  general 
merchandise  stores.  The  town's  growth  has  never  been  spas- 
modic. The  past  two  years  have  evidenced  marked  internal 
improvements. 

The  Baptist,  Methodist,  Lutheran  and  Reformed  denomi- 
nations have  Churches,  each  with  a  resident  pastor,  though 
neither  congregation  supports  a  pastor  for  full  time. 

South  Fork  Institute,  the  school  of  the  South  Fork  Bap- 
tist Association,  is  located  here.  This  school  not  only  at- 
tracts students  from  a  number  of  counties  in  this  State,  but 
other  States  are  also  represented  in  its  student  body.  Dur- 
ing the  past  year,  a  splendid  modern  four-room  public  school 
building  was  erected,  and  the  future  will  no  doubt  reveal  an 
increased  interest  and  enthusiasm  in  public  education. 


OF  THE  CIVIL   WAR  67 


LENOIR  COLLEGE,  HICKORY,  N.  C. 

In  the  year  1875,  theLutheransof  the  Tennessee  Synod— 
especially  those  in  Catawba  County,  N.  C.  began  to  agitate 
the  question  of  establishing  a  school.  In  July,  1877,  they 
inaugurated  Concordia  High  School  at  Conover,  N.  C.  This 
Institution,  which  was  converted  into acollege  and  chaitered 
in  1881,  was  under  the  control  of  an  association  of  Lutheran 
pastors  and  congregations  in  connection  with  theE.  L.  Tenn- 
essee Synod.  In  1883,  this  Synod  took  Concordia  College 
under  its  fostering  care,  and  it  remained  nominally  in  this 
relation  till  1892. 

In  the  year  1890,  the  beautiful  and  valuable  site  now 
occupied  by  Lenoir  College  was  offered  to  the  Evangelical 
Lutheran  Tennessee  Synod  by  Col.  J.  G.  Hall,  Trustee.  This 
offer  was  rejected  in  a  called  session  of  Synod  held  in  St. 
James  Church  near  Newton,  N.  C,  December  26—27,  1890. 

In  1891,  the  Rev.  R.  A.  Yoder,  D.  D.,  J.  C.  Moser,  D.  D., 
W.  P.  Cline  and  A.  L.  Crouse,  backed  by  certain  laymen,  ac- 
cepted from  Col.  J.  G.  Hall,  Trustee,  the  site  now  occupied 
by  Lenoir  College,  and  obligated  themselves  under  bond  to 
expend  not  less  than  $10,000  in  the  establishment  of  acollege 
on  said  site.  The  Institution  was  opened  September  1,  1891, 
in  the  old  academy  building  under  the  title  of  Highland  Col- 
lege, the  Rev.  R.  A.  Yoder,  D.  D.,  President.  January  4, 
1892,  it  was  chartered  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  North 
Carolina  as  Lenoir  College,  this  name  being  chosen  in  honor 
of  Col.  Walter  W.  Lenoir,  the  honored  of  the  spLndid  college 
site  and  the  grounds  adjoining. 

In  1895,  the  E.  L.  Tennessee  Synod  adopted  Lenoir  Col- 
lege as  its  own  Institution;  and,  in  1899,  assumed  the  financial 
obligation  for  the  current  expenses  of  the  College.  All  the 
college  property  belongs  to  the  Synod  and  is  under  the  man- 
agement of  a  board  of  Trustees  who  hold  the  property  in 
trust  for  the  Synod.  Lenoir  College  is  Concordia  College 
transferred,  continued,  and  enlarged. 

The  Administration  Building  was  erected  in  1892,  at  a 
cost  of  $20,000. 


LENOIR   COLLEGE,     HICKORY,    N.    C. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  69 

In  1891,  President  Yoder  having  resigned,  the  Rev.  R. 
L.  Fritz,  Professor  of  Mathematics  and  Physics  in  Elizabeth 
College,  Charlotte,  N.  C,  v^^as  elected  President. 

In  1902,  Oakview  Hall,  the  dormitory  for  young  women, 
was  built  at  a  cost  of  $6,000;  and,  in  1906,  Highland  Hall, 
the  new  dormitory  for  young  men,  was  erected  at  a  cost  of 
$17,000. 

In  1910,  the  congregation,  assisted  by  the  Synod  com- 
pleted St.  Andrews  Church,  the  fourth  building  on  the  Cam- 
pus, at  a  cost  of  $8,000. 

A  conservative  estimate  of  the  present  value  of  the  en- 
tire college  plant  is  $100,000. 

The  location  of  Lenoir  College  is  most  fortunate— near 
the  mountains,  1200  feet  above  sea-level  and  free  from  Ma- 
laria— ^in  a  fine  College  Park  on  the  eastern  border  of  the 
beautiful,  progressive  City  of  Hickory. 

Whilst  founded  and  operated  by  the  Lutherans,  Lenoir 
College  is  non-sectarian,  and  is  designed  to  afford  to  all  who 
seek  if  a  liberal  culture  upon  Christian  principles  and  under 
Christian  influences. 

Lenoir  College  is  a  high-grade,  positive  church  institu- 
tion with  courses  of  study  as  comprehensive  and  thorough 
as  those  of  the  best  schools  in  our  country  doing  similar 
work.  A.  B.  graduates  of  Lenoir  College  are  admitted  to 
Graduate  Work  in  the  University  of  North  Carolina  without 
examination,  and  complete  M.  A.  Courses  in  one  year. 

Lenoir  College  offers  two  courses— the  Classical  and  the 
Scientific — with  electives,  leading  to  the  A.  B.  degree. 

The  following  Departments  with  full  four  year  courses, 
under  able  teachers  are  maintained:  The  Lenoir  College  Con- 
servatory of  Music— piano- forte.  Violin,  Voice,  orchestra, 
chorus— , the  Art  Department,  and  the  Expression  Depart- 
ment. 

The  Hickory  Business  College  is  operated  in  connection 
with  the  College,  and  a  Preparatory  Department  offering  two 
years  of  work  below  the  Freshman  year  is  maintained. 

The  Faculty  numbers  15.  Each  teacher  must  be  a 
graduate  of  a  first-class  college  and  must  have  had  successful 
teaching  experience  and  ample  post-graduate   work   in    one 


70  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

or  more  of  our  leading  Universities  in  the    subjects    taught 
by  him. 

The  average  enrollment  for  the  last  ten  years  was  205. 
These  young  men  and  young  women  came  from  the  best 
families  in  our  towns  and  country  and  constitute  a  student 
personel  of  which  the  College  is  justly  proud.  Through 
them  the  college  exerts  a  great  influence  and  has  a  large  part 
in  the  development  and  upbuilding  of  our  section. 

Merit  measures  success  and  deteimines  standirg  at 
Lenoir  College.  Work,  thorough  work  and  right  living  is  the 
ideal. 

The  Institution  is  under  the  supervision  of  the  Beard  of 
Trustees.  The  students  in  all  departments  are  governed  by 
the  Faculty.  A  high  estimate  of  character  and  love  of  the 
right  is  inculcated.  Good  order  and  thorough  work  are  main- 
tained. 

The  principal  of  student  self-government  has  been  prac- 
ticed successfully  at  Lenoir  College  for  three  years. 

A  Student  Commission  composed  of  a  representative 
elected  from  each  College  Class,  and  a  President  and  Secre- 
tary chosen  by  the  entire  student  body,  constitute  the  lower 
court  of  our  system  of  government.  The  Superintendent  of 
Highland  Hall  is  ex-officio  member  of  the  Student  Commission. 
This  Commission  is  recognized  by  the  Faculty  and  Board  as 
part  of  the  College  Executive,  and  its  findings  stand,  unless 
reversed  on  appeal  to  the  Faculty  or  Board. 

The  College  has  only  $3, 000 endowment;  but,  when  neces- 
sary, it  is  assisted  by  appropriations  from  the  E.  L.  Tennessee 
Synod  for  current  expenses. 

The  College  has  nine  Ministerial  Student  Scholarships 
which  are  awarded  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  there  are 
ten  Private  Individual  Scholarships. 

Lenoir  College  is  an  educational  institution-  not  a  money- 
making  enterprise.  She  offers  her  advantages  at  cost.  She 
is  the  College  of  the  "average  man".  The  average  student 
cannot  pay  profits  on  his  educational  advantages.  No  true 
school  pays  money  dividends.  Here  every  dollar  procures  a 
full  hundred  cents  worth  of  teaching  ability  and  equipment; 
and  every  student  is  given  the  most  possible  in  return  for 
his  time  and  money. 


OF  THE  CIVIL   WAR  71 

Board  is  given  at  cost  on  a  hi^'hly  successful  co-operative 
plan.  The  dormitories  are  among  the  best  in  the  South,  hav- 
ing electric  lights,  steam  heat,  and  city  water  and  sewerage. 
The  average  cost  of  partly  furnished  room,  board,  heat,  light, 
etc., is,  in  Oakview  Hall,  $8.50  a  month, and  in  Highland  Hall, 
$9.50  a  month. 

Tuition  for  the  nine  months  session  is,  for  the  regular 
College  Courses  or  the  complete  Business  Course,  $40,  and 
for  Music,  Art  or  Expression,  $27. 

There  is  an  Incidental  Fee  of  $3  a  session,  a  matricula- 
tion Fee  of  $1.,  and  a  Contingent  Deposit  of  $2.00. 

The  present  outlook  for  Lenoir  College  is  the  brightest 
in  her  history.  The  Synod  to  which  she  belongs  is  more  in- 
terested and  active  than  ever  before.  The  Board  of  Trustees 
is  most  capable  and  progressive.  A  high  standing  and  a  good 
name  have  been  achieved.  Far  reaching  plans  for  immediate 
development  are  being  prosecuted. 

The  Rev.  C.  Luther  Miller,  the  College  Field  Secretary, 
is  busy  gathering  the  Synodical  Endowment  of  $100,000.  The 
consolidation  of  the  Lutheran  Educational  interests  in  North 
Carolina  is  in  fair  way  of  consummation.  Plans  showing  pro- 
posed improvements  of  the  College  Campus, and  locations  for 
seven  new  buildings  have  been  submitted  by  a  landscape 
architict.  It  is  expected  that  the  Science  Building  will  be 
erected  and  many  other  much  needed  improvements  made 
during  the  vacation  of  1911. 

The  forces  are  lining  up,  interest  and  enthusiasm  deep- 
en, the  march  is  on,  the  watchword.  Greater  Lenoir  College 
in  this  Generation! 

It  is  a  significant  fact  that  five  of  the  members  of  the 
first  Board  of  Trustees  of  Lenoir  College  were  Confederate 
Veterans— Col.  J.  G.  Hall,  S.  E.  Killian,  Esq.,  Jacob S.  Lipe, 
John  M.  Arndt,  and  Hon.  George  W.  Rabb,  the  last  two  hav- 
ing lost  each  a  leg  on  the  field  of  battle.  These  men  have 
been  large  contributors  to  the  development  of  the  College, 
the  largest  bequest  yet  received  being  that  of  the  J.  S.  Lipe 
estate  amounting  to  about  $8,000. 

Lenoir  College  is  by  and  of  and  for  Confederate  Veterans, 
their  children  and  children's  children. 

March  29,  1911.  R.  L.  Fritz. 


72  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  CATAWBA  COLLEGE 

Catawba  College,  situated  at  Newton,  N.  C,  was  the 
offspring  of  an  impelling  necessity  that  existed  in  the  Re- 
formed Church  in  the  South  in  the  early  days  of  our  national 
life.  She  came  into  being  during  the  fierce  struggle  for 
denominational  existence,  and  for  sixty  years  has  rendered 
invaluable  services  to  the  cause  of  religion,  of  education,  and 
of  civic  righteousness. 

As  a  denominational  institution,  founded  by  descendants 
of  Reformed  people  from  the  North,  her  relation  to  the  Church 
at  large  has  been  close  and  intimate.  The  immigration  into 
Western  North  Carolina  from  Pennsylvania  of  Reformed 
families,  together  with  Lutherans,  Moravians,  Quakers  and 
Presbyterians,  began  about  1745.  In  1775,  these  families 
constituted  a  strong  element  in  the  population  of  the  state  on 
a  line  from  Hillsboro  to  Morganton.  Numerous  large  Ger- 
man Bibles,  prayer  books,  hymn  books,  volumes  of  sermons, 
catechisms,  old  churches,  deeds  for  church  sites  and  old 
church  registers,  bear  ample  testimony  to  their  piety  and  to 
their  loyality  to  the  faith  of  their  fathers.  Indeed,  their  per- 
sistent devotion  is  wonderful.  For  about  one  hundred  years 
they  kept  the  fire  burning  on  the  altar  with  only  now  and 
then  a  minister  from  the  Coetus  of  mother  Synod,  with  no 
school  in  which  to  educate  their  young  people,  and  with  no 
classical  tie  to  bind  them  together.  The  earnest  appeals  from 
elders  sent  frohn  individual  congregations,  or  from  several 
combined,  to  the  Synod  in  Pennsylvania  brought  several 
godly  missionaries  from  the  North  during  these  years,  but 
the  supply  at  home  was  inadoquate  and  few  could  be  spared 
for  this  missionary  field.  Often  the  congregations  had  no 
pastoral  care  for  many  years  at  a  time. 

In  1831,  the  scattered  congregations  in  the  state  were 
gathered  into  charges  and  the  classis  of  North  Carolina  was 
organized  with  three  pastors  and  two  elders.  From  this  time 
forth  the  churches  grew  and  multiplied,  but  as  they  did  so, 
the  need  of  an  institution  of  learning  became  more  and  more 
imperative.     In  1849,  at  an  annual  meeting  at  St.  Matthew's 


74  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

Church  in  Lincoln  county,  the  managers  of  the  "Loretz  Bene- 
ficiary fund",  named  in  honor  of  the  Rev.  Andrew  Loretz 
who  hgiLendeared  himself  to  the  churches  in  North  Carolina, 
jcussed  the  difficulties  of  travel  on  the  part  of  our  ycurg 
men  to  our  schools  in  Pennsylvania,  where  upon  the  late 
Judge  M.  L.  McCorkle  suggested:  "Why  not  found  a  college 
of  our  own  in  our  midst?"  This  was  the  birth  of  Catawba 
College. 

The  idea  was  inspiring,  and  in  the  fall  of  1851  Catawba 
College  opened  in  the  "Old  Academy  Building"  in  Newton. 
On  December  17,  1852, the  college  was  formally  chartered  by 
the  state  legislature.  Professor  Charles  H.  Albert,  the  first 
president  and  Prof.  H.  H.  Smith,  father  of  Governor  Hoke 
Smith  of  Georgia,  the  former  from  Pennsylvania,  the  latter 
from  New  Hampshire,  took  charge  and  soon  a  large  body  of 
noble  young  men  made  Newton  a  lively  village. 

In  a  few  years,  buildings  were  erected  and  a  library  and 
some  apparatus  procured.  But  the  scholarship  plan  on  which 
the  school  was  started  failed  to  furnish  sufficient  funds,  and 
after  graduating  one  student-Daniel  Wilfong — the  curriculum 
was  suspended  and  the  school  was  continued  by  private  en- 
terprise until  1859,  when  Rev.  A.  S.  Vaughan  was  elected 
president,  and  the  late  Rev.  J.  C.  Clapp,  D.  D.,  professor  of 
languages.  Tradition  says  that  pledges  for  an  endowment 
of  $30,000  were  secured  and  another  prosperous  beginning 
was  made  in  the  Fall  of  1860.  All  went  well  until  the  war 
clouds  came  in  1861  when  the  young  men  went  to  the  tented 
field,  and  ruined  fortunes  swept  away  the  promised  endow- 
ment, thus  remanding  the  school  once  more  to  private  enter- 
prise. A  successful  Academy  was,  however,  maintained 
during  the  war  and  a  commanding  High  School  followed 
immediately  after  the  war,  which,  for  about  twenty  ye? is 
sustained  the  reputation  of  the  palmy  days  of  the  beginning. 
In  1885,  the  curriculum  was  resumed  and  classes  of  young 
men  and  young  women  have  been  regularly  graduated  ever 
since,  the  institution  having  become  co-educaticnal  in    1889. 

The  success  of  the  college  since  that  time  and  the  value 
of  her  services  to  church  and  state  are  amply  attested  by  the 
long  list  of  graduates  who  have  gone  into  the  ministry  in  our 
own  and  in  sister  denominations,  and  by  the  numerous  pro- 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  75 

fessional  and  business  men  who  have  attained  to  eminence 
and  achieved  success.  Among  these  are  two  State  Superin- 
tendents of  Public  Instruction,  one  Congressman,  Judge  of 
the  Superior  Court  of  North  Carolina,  two  College  Presidents 
and  a  large  number  of  physicians,  lawyers  and  teachers  of 
both  sexes  in  pulpit,  private  and  church  institutions, 

PRESIDENTS 

The  following  have  served  as  Principal  or  President  of 
Catawba  College: 

C.  H.  Albert,  A.  B..  of  Marshall  College,  1851-1852. 

H.  H.  Smith,  A.  B.,  of  Bowdoin,  1852-i855. 

C.  W.  Smythe,  A.  B.,  of  Bowdoin.  1855-1859. 

A.  S.  Vaughn,  of  Franklin  &  Marshall.  1859-1861. 

J.  C.  Clapp,  A.  B.,  of  Amherst.  1861-1900. 

C.  H.  Mebane.  A.  B..  of  Catawba  College,  1900-1904. 

G.  A.  Snyder,  A.  B.,  of  Heidleberg  University.  1904-1908. 

W.  R.  Weaver,  A.  M..  of  Franklin  &  Marshall,  Pro. 
Tern.  (Dean),  1910. 


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CLAREMONT  COLLEGE 

Claremont  College  had  its  conception  in  a  desire  of  the 
Reformed  congregation  of  Hickory  to  provide  a  school  in 
which  the  girls  of  the  church  might  be  educated.  Prior  to 
this  time  no  ample  provision  had  been  made  by  the  church 
in  North  Carolina  for  the  education  of  the  girls. 

A  meeting  to  consider  the  establishment  of  such  a  school 
was  held  in  the  home  of  Mrs.  John  Wllfong  on  April  24th, 
1880.  At  this  meeting  definite  action  was  taken  and  it  was 
decided  to  start  such  a  school  and  in  order  to  execute  the 
plans  it  was  daterminsd  to  secure  from  H.  W.  Robinson  an 
aiiitional  lot  on  which  a  chirc'i  c^ild  b3  erested  and  to  use 
the  building  then  occupied  by  the  Reformed  congregation 
for  school  purposes. 

Subsequent  meetings  were  held  in  which  the  principal 
movers  were:  Dr.  Jeremiah  Ingold,  J.  F.  Murrill,  W.  P. 
Reinhardt,  A.  C.  Link,  A.  D.  Shuford,  A.  A.  Shuford,  F.  D. 
Ingold  and  Mrs.  Wilfong.  Many  of  these  meetings  were 
held  in  the  office  of  F.  D.  Ingold. 

About  this  time  the  Rev.  Samuel  R.  Fisher,  D.  D.,  Edi- 
tor of  the  Reformed  Church  Messenger,  visited  Dr.  Ingold. 
The  purpose  of  establishing  such  a  school  was  called  to  the 
attention  of  Dr.  Fisher,  who  on  his  return  to  Philadelphia, 
wrote  several  articles  about  his  trip  South  and  mentioned 
Hickory  as  a  desirable  place  for  such  a  school  as  the  church 
had  decided  to  establish. 

These  articles  attracted  the  attention  of  the  Rev.  A.  S. 
Vaughn,  who  had  formerly  been  president  of  Catawba  Col- 
lege, Newton,  North  Carolina.  After  some  correspondence* 
Mr.  Vaughn  came  south  and  met  the  trustees  on  July  10th, 
1880.  Mr.  Vaughn  was  enthusiastic,  if  not  visionary,  and 
prevailed  upon  the  prime  movers  to  enlarge  their  plans  and 
establish  a  school  which  would  comprehend  in  its  patronage 
this  entire  section  of  country.  To  do  this  it  must  be  unde- 
nominational. Lending  themselves  to  Mr.  Vaughn's  idea, 
the  interested  parties  solicited  the  co-operation  of  the  entire 


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town  of  Hickory  in  the  new  enterprise,  however  reserving 
one  saving  clause  for  the  church  in  the  charter,  and  that 
was  that  a  majority  of  the  trustees  must  be  members  of  the 
Reformed  church.     All  might  be,  but  a  majority  must  be. 

The  entire  community  became  interested  in  the  school, 
and  among  the  most  active,  in  addition  to  those  mentioned 
above,  were  Messrs.  J.  G.  Hall,  R.  B.  Davis,  N.  M.  Seagle, 
and  all  the  denominations  having  congregations  in  Hickory 
were  represented  on  the  board  of  trustees. 

A  tract  of  land  was  secured  from  H.  W.  Robinson. 
Two  deeds  were  made  by  Mr.  Robinson.  The  first  deed 
stipulated  that  the  consideration  should  be  the  education  of 
the  daughters  of  John  W.  Robinson,  grand-daughter  of  H. 
W.  Robinson.  This  deed  was  made  in  1880.  Another  deed 
was  made  a  year  later  and  the  amount  paid  was  about  the 
price  land  was  selling  for  at  that  time  and  this  is  a  straight 
quick  claim  deed.  There  can  be  no  question  about  the  title 
to  the  property. 

The  school  was  organized  and  formerly  opened  in  the 
fall  of  1880  with  Mr.  Vaughn  as  president.  Mr.  Vaughn 
had  associated  with  him  a  most  excellent  faculty. 

The  school  from  the  standpoint  of  efficiency  of  work 
was  a  decided  success,  but  the  ideals  were  not  realized.  Mr. 
Vaughn  resigned  and  the  policy  of  the  trustees  was  to  lease 
the  school  to  any  worthy  party  whom  they  could  secure. 
This  brought  to  the  school  some  most  worthy  men,  and  a 
degree  of  success,  but  the  school  lacked  stability  and  per- 
manency. 

Finally  in  1907,  the  trustees  tendered  the  property  to 
the  Classis  of  North  Carolina,  Reformed  Church  in  the 
United  States,  and  after  due  consideration  the  church 
accepted  the  school.  To  harmonize  with  the  change,  the 
charter  was  amended  by  the  legislature  of  1908-09  so  that 
the  Classis  of  North  Carolina  elects  two-thirds  of  the 
trustees  and  this  two-thirds  elects  the  other  third.  Should 
the  Classis  fail  to  maintain  the  school,  then  the  property 
reverts  to  Corinth  Reformed  Congregation  of  Hickory,  which 
congregation  would  elect  trustees  who  would  manage  the 
school. 

The  location  of  the  school  is  ideal.    The  campus  consists 


78  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

at  present  of  seventeen  acres  of  land  shaded  by  native 
trees.  The  buildings  are  large  and  well  adapted  to  schcol 
purposes. 

The  school  stands  for  the  education  of  the  girls  separate 
and  distinct  from  the  boys.  The  founders  believed  that  it 
vv^as  best  not  to  have  co-education.  In  harmony  with  that 
view  the  school  is  run  today,  and  the  course  of  study  is 
arranged  especially  for  the  girls. 

The  departments  of  study  usually  found  in  schools  of 
this  class  are  maintained.  Much  stress  is  laid  upon  the 
study  of  the  English  language. 

Claremont  has  always  maintained  a  high  standard  in 
music,  and  that  standard  was  never  higher  than  at  the 
present  time. 

The  faculty  is  always  selected  with  care,  as  the  manage- 
ment believes  that  the  faculty  makes  the  school. 

At  present  the  Rev.  Joseph  L.  Murphy,  D.  D.,  is  presi- 
dent. Other  teachers  are  Rev.  J.  H.  Keller  and  wife.  Miss 
Margaret  Hoffman.  Miss  Frankie  Self,  Miss  Grace  Wrren, 
Miss  Elizabeth  Bost  and  Signor  D'Anna  and  wife. 

The  girls  board  in  the  building  and  enjoy  the  comforts 
of  a  well  established  home.  The  cost  is  far  less  than  at  most 
schools  of  this  character. 

The  success  of  the  present  year  would  indicate  a  career 
of  usefulness  and  an  era  of  orosperity  for  Claremont  College. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  79 


CONCORDIA  COLLEGE  AND  CONOVER,  N.  C. 

When  it  comes  to  a  recital  of  the  facts  concerning  the 
founding  and  growth  of  a  school  and  the  village  in  wl  ich  it  is 
situated,  proneness  to  say  too  much,  and  the  fault  of  not  say- 
ing enough,  are  far  from  being  pleasant  companions  of  a  pen 
having  a  disposition  to  be  fair.  However,  to  relate  the  plain, 
simple  facts  as  they  have  occurred  from  year  to  year,  and 
that  without  bias  or  exaggeration,  is  a  happy  middle-ground 
for  the  narrator.  So  then,  with  that  intention,  it  is  with 
pleasure  that  we  give  the  following  sketch  of  a  quiet  village 
—  Conover— a  Catawba  hamlet,  inhabited  by  a  very  quiet 
people. 

Loeatai  upon  a  "bench"  nearly  in  the  center  of  Catawba 
ounty,  in  the  celebrated  Piedmontsectionof  North  Carolina, 
and  in  Newton  Township,  is  Conover,  a  village  of  about  five 
hundreds  inhabitants.  This  place  had  its  beginnings  in  the 
year  1871,  when  Mr.  Francis  Smyer,  of  Catawba  county, 
purchased  of  Mr.  Pink  Spencer  a  lot  situated  at  the  "Y, " 
that  is,  at  the  point  where  the  trains  on  the  Southern  Rail- 
way had  a  branch  line  leading  over  to  Newton.  The  "Y" 
of  course  served  as  a  turn-table  for  trains  going  either  north 
or  south.  Mr.  Spencer  had  obtained  his  lands  from  a  large 
tract  owned  by  the  Hermans,  who  lived  at  or  near  by  the 
present  site  of  Conover.  Then  Mr.  J.  Q.  Sietz,  a  builder  of 
railway  cars  at  Columbia,  S.  C,  acquired  a  large  tract  of  the 
HBrmai  lands,  a  portion  of  which  he  improved. 

Mr.  Francis  Smyre's  house  situated  as  it  was,  at  the 
"Y, "  soon  acquired  popularity  because  of  the  accommoda- 
tions it  afforded  for  travelers  who  preferred  to  rest  at  the 
"Y"  while  their  train  backed  over  to  Newton,  three  miles 
away  and  returned. 

To  Mrs.  Wheisiger,  of  Morganton,  a  lady  of  good  pre- 
sence and  ideals,  is  given  the  credit  of  changing  the  name 
of  the  "Y,"  or  the  "Junction,"  to  the  name  "Conover," 
after  the  name  of  a  family  residing  somewhere  in  the  North, 
probably  in  Ohio.     Mrs.  Wheisiger  was  ably  sustained  in  her 


80  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

choice  of  a  name  for  the  new  town  by  Mrs.  A.  D.  Hollar  and 
Mrs.  J.  Q.  Sietz,  and  their  choice  prevailed. 

The  little  hotel  and  boarding-house  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Smyer  soon  sug-gested  to  a  number  of  persons  living  in  the 
neighborhood  that  at  the  "Y, "  or  at  Conovei',  as  it  was  now 
beginning  to  be  called,  would  be  a  good  location  for  a  general 
store,  and,  accordingly,  a  building  was  erected  and  a  stock 
of  goods  procured  by  Messrs.  Townsend,  McCreery  and  Fin- 
ger. This  undertaking  meeting  with  success  others  in  a 
little  while  came  up  from  the  surrounding  country  and  open- 
ed shops  or  stores,  and  so  such  firms  arose  as  Henkel,  Lippard 
&  Reitzel;  Cline,  Roseman  &  Co.;  Smith,  Hunsucker  &  Co. 
(later.  Smith  Bros,);  Smith,  Yount&Co.,  who  manufactured 
sash,  doors  and  blinds,  dressed  lumber,  and  built  a  number 
of  houses  in  Conover. 

There  were  others  connected  with  these  enterprises 
but  space  forbids  mentioning  them.  Among  the  first  to  erect 
dwellings  were  J.  S.  Schell,  Geo.  Brady,  J.  Q.  Rowe,  Alex 
McCreery,  Noah  Townsend  and  "Doc"  Davis,  by  trade  a 
carpenter.  The  stores  and  shops  were  for  the  most  part 
built  close  by  the  boarding-house,  and  all  fronted  upon  the 
Oxford  Ford  road  which  led  to  Newton.  Sometimes  the 
store  buildings  served  for  dwellings,  but  in  no  great  while 
the  merchants  and  factory  men  built  dwellings  near  their 
stores,  or  wherever  they  could  obtain  building  lots  near  by. 
However,  from  the  beginning,  lots  were  difficult  to  obtain, 
the  owners  of  the  Herman  lands,  as  well  as  those  who  came 
into  possession  of  the  Sietz  estate,  not  being  disposed  to 
sell;  and  we  are  told  that  this  has  been  the  chief  reason  why 
Conover  has  never  been  able  to  grow — to  expand,  for  not 
every  new  town  is  able  to  build  in  the  air  after  the  sky- 
scraper method  of  expansion. 

Along  with  the  several  enterprises  mentioned,  followed 
the  building  of  a  burr  mill  near  the  "Junction."  The  rail- 
road company  had  already  built  a  depot  and  the  mill  was 
placed  but  a  few  yards  below  it,  leaving  a  public  drive- way 
between.  The  proprietors  of  this  mill  were  Messrs,  M.  J. 
Rowe  and  S.  G.  Schell.  Later,  in  addition  to  flour,  meal 
etc.,  the  company  manufactured  lumber  and  ginned  cotton. 
In  1897  Messrs.  Schell  &  Herman  sold  out  to  a  company,  the 


OF  THE  CIVIL   WAR  81 

head  of  which  is  the  present  proprietor,  Mr.  S.  S.  Re  we. 
New  machinery  for  making  a  high  grade  product  was  install- 
ed, and  today  Conover  flour  enjoys  a  wide  distribution  and 
sale. 

Another  enterprise  which  has  done  much  toward  im- 
proving Conover  is  the  Picker  Stick  and  Handle  factory, 
owned  and  run  by  Mr.  Jonas  Hunsucker,  a  leading  farmer 
and  formerly  a  merchant  in  Conover.  Large  quantities  of 
hickory  timber  are  annually  worked  up  in  this  mill  and  the 
finished  product  sent  to  northern  markets  where  it  finds  a 
ready  sale. 

Conover  has  had  a  post  ofl^ce  for  years,  the  first  post- 
master being  Noah  Townsend.  The  town  was  also  incorpor- 
ated in  1877  and  Captain  Peter  F.  Smith  was  elected  the  first 
Mayor.  A  small  jail,  constructed  of  wood,  stands  near  by 
the  site  of  the  old  depot,  but  happy  to  relate  the  lock  is  piti- 
fully rusty  and  the  threshold  unworn.  A  constable,  (and 
this  completes  the  list  of  officers),  is  responsible  for  order 
in  the  town,  and  he  is  also  the  tax  collector.  The  present 
postmaster  is  Mr.  J.  L.  Isenhower,  and  Capt.  P.  F.  Smith 
is  the  Mayor,  while  the  office  of  Constable  and  tax-collector 
is  held  by  another  Civil  War  veteran,  Mr.  J.  P.  Spencer. 

Early  in  the  80's,  after  a  lively  fight  in  the  Legislature, 
Newton  succeeded  in  having  the  railroad  moved  so  as  to  pass 
by  that  town.  This  change  necessitated  the  moving  of  the 
track  from  the  eastern  to  the  western  side  of  Conover,  the 
location  it  now  occupies,  and  here  a  new  depot  was  built  at 
once.  The  change  appears  not  to  have  injured  Conover  in 
any  way  only  it  cut  ofi"  the  fond  hopes  of  a  number  who  had 
longed  to  see  Conover  become  the  County  seat-  a  hope  and 
desire  that  was  but  natural  in  view  of  a  number  of  consider- 
ations which  were  patent  to  all.  The  new  depot  was  built 
in  1889.  The  old  depot  formerly  erected  on  the  east  side, 
after  weathering  the  elements  for  many  years,  was  finally 
torn  down  in  1908. 

The  blacksmith  shop  was  one  of  the  early  enterprises  be- 
gun in  Conover,  and  it  has  remained,  that  of  Mr.  Elkana 
Eckard  being  one  of  the  first  and  most  important. 

T'a3  shops  of  M3S3rs  Jarom?  B:)lick  &  Sons  are  located  just 
without  the  limits  of  Conover,  upon  the  Newton    road,     Mr. 


82  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

Bolick  is  the  inventor  of  the  Conover  spring  steel  wheel  for 
buggies,  pony  carts,  and  carriages.  The  firm  is  widely  ad- 
vertised. 

Near  the  Conover  Roller  Mills  is  the  plant  of  Messrs. 
Yount  and  Schell,  established  about  ten  years  ago.  This  firm 
has  installed  equipment  for  ginning  cotton,  for  sawing  and 
dressing  lumber,  for  the  manufacture  of  shingles,  and  also 
for  the  manufacture  of  cane  sorghum. 

A  number  of  the  early  business  enterprises  have  long 
since  been  discontinued.  Besides  those  mentioned,  the  chief 
business  houses  now  are  those  of  Messrs.  P.  E.  Isenhower 
&  Son,  J.  A.  Yount,  Hunsucker  &  Simmons,  for  general 
merchandise;  L.  F.  Hunsucker,  hardware,  and  the  groceries 
of  E.  A,  Herman  and  A.  L.  Barger.  Dr.  D.  McD.  Yount's 
drug  store  was  established  years  ago  and  has  proved  a  valu- 
able necessity  and  convenience  both  for  Dr.  Yount  in  his 
practice,  and  for  the  town  and  community  in  general.  The 
office  of  Dr.  F.  L.  Herman,  a  leading  physician  of  Catawba 
county,  is  located  at  his  home  in  Conover. 

From  the  beginning,  Conover  appears  to  have  been  alei  t 
to  the  needs  of  education  and  educational  facilities.  At  the 
beginning  of  the  70's  we  find  Rev.  Adolphus  Yount  and  Rev. 
J.  M.  Smith  teaching  a  small  school  in  the  little  dwelling, 
still  to  be  seen  just  beyond  the  limits  of  Conover,  on  the  Ox- 
ford Ford  road,  and  near  Poplar  springs.  Soon  after,  about 
the  year  1873,  the  school  was  moved  within  what  are  now 
the  limits  of  the  town,  being  located  at  or  near  where  the 
dwelling  of  Mr.  B.  A.  He'vitt  stands,  and  we  are  told  was 
taught  by  John  Moser,  Rev.  R.  A.  Yoder  and  others  for 
several  years.  Dr.  P.  C.  Henkel  also  took  an  interest  in  the 
work  though  being  unable  to  give  his  time  to  the  school  as 
teacher.  Thus  from  these  beginnings  came  the  larger  and 
greater  idea  about  the  year  1875,  from  congregations  of  the 
Lutheran  church  of  the  Tennessee  Synod,  to  establish  a  high 
school  in  the  central  part  of  the  county.  Delegates  then 
from  those  congregations  desiring  the  school  held  meetings, 
and  at  last  decided  that  it  was  the  wish  of  all  interested  to 
found  such  a  school  at  Conover,  and  the  people  there  showed 
their  appreciation  of  the  decision  by  subscribing  nearly  $2,- 
500  for  the  school  buildings. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  83 

By  1877  the  contract  for  the  college  had  been  let  (to 
Messrs.  J.  P.  Cline  and  Alfred  Huffman)  and  completed 
ready  for  occupancy  soon  thereafter.  Dr.  P.  C.  Henkel,  the 
leader  in  the  Tennessee  Lutheran  church  in  North  Carolina, 
was  made  its  first  president  and  teacher  of  theology.  Associ- 
ated with  him  in  the  work  then,  and  for  some  time  there 
after,  were  Profs.  R.  A.  Yoder,  J.  C.  Moser,  J.  S.  Koiner, 
and  others.  For  years  Dr.  P.  C.  Henkel  remained  the  lead- 
ing spirit  in  the  school  which  he  had  labored  so  hard  to  es- 
tablish, and  with  his  strong  mind,  will-power  and  good 
judgment,  saw  Concordia  College  (the  name  given  the  new 
institution)  attain  to  a  high  degree  of  efficiency  before  his 
death.  In  1885.  he  resigned  as  president  of  the  institution, 
and  Prof.  J.  S.  Koiner,  of  Virginia,  was  made  teacher  of  the 
theology  in  his  place,  while  Prof.  R.  A.  Yoder  became  pre- 
sident of  the  College. 

The  buildings  of  Concordia  College  occupy  an  elevated 
site  within  the  town  limits.  The  College  is  a  two-story 
frame  building  containing  a  large  hall  and  the  library  and 
reading  rooms  are  on  the  ground  floor;  above  there  are  four 
lecture  rooms  with  a  small  laboratory.  The  Dormitory,  situ- 
ated on  the  campus,  is  a  brick  structure  containing  sixteen 
rooms,  and  thus  offers  accommodations  for  a  number  of  stu- 
dents. In  late  years,  these  buildings  have  been  put  in  gccd 
repair.  The  campus  includes  seven  acres  of  grove.  Primi- 
tive, uncomfortable  benches  and  desks  have  given  place  to 
patent  desks,  maps  and  other  equipment  suitable  for  the 
time  and  work.  The  Chemical  and  Physical  Laboratories 
have  been  stocked  at  considerable  expense,  and  now  an 
annual  appropriation  is  made  for  increasing  the  equipment. 
The  Librarv  offers  to  the  student  means  for  general  and 
supplementary  reading,  and  for  reference.  The  College  is 
controlled  by  a  Board  of  Trustees  and  discipline  is  exercised 
by  the  President  of  the  school  and  faculty.  The  discipline 
is  mild,  but  no  openly  immoral,  idle,  or  disobedient  student 
is  received  or  retained  in  the  College.  As  the  institution 
was  founded  for  the  purpose  of  giving  adequate  religious  in- 
struction, so  this  branch  of  study  remains  the  main  course 
in  the  school,  but  is  not,  however,  obligatory,  and  those  who, 
for  good  and  sufficient  reasons,  wish  to  be    dispensed    from 


84  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

all  or  part  of  this  course,  are  made  welcome  and  accorded 
every  privilege  enjoyed  by  others.  Thorough  work  is  insist- 
ed on  in  all  courses,  but  the  abilities  and  opportunities  of  the 
individual  student  are  not  disregarded.  The  Faculty  of  the 
College,  by  and  with  the  consent  of  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
has  the  power  of  conferring  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts, 
and  the  degrees  and  distinctions  of  less  dignity  than  Master 
of  Arts,  which  are  usually  conferred  by  colleges;  but  no 
degree  is  conferred  except  after  honest  and  successful  effort 
on  the  part  of  the  candidate. 

The  death  of  Rev.  P.  C.  Henkel,  D.  D.,  occurred  Sept. 
26,  1889,  at  his  late  residence  in  Conover,  after  a  few  days 
of  intense  suffering,  at  the  age  of  69  years.  He  was  buried 
at  St.  Peter's  church,  Catawba  county,  September  28,  1889, 
Rev.  J.  M.  Smith  preaching  the  funeral  in  the  presence  of 
hundreds  of  people  who  came  from  far  and  near.  Dr.  Henkel 
was  born  August  20,  1820,  and  was  the  oldest  son  of  Rev. 
David  and  Catharine  Henkel,  of  Lincoln  county,  N.  C.  He 
was  the  descendant  of  a  long  line  of  distinguished  Lutheran 
ministers.  He  inherited  very  great  physical  and  m^ental 
powers  from  both  of  his  parents.  On  the  5th  of  September, 
1343,  he  married  Rebecca  Fox.  the  daughter  of  David  Fox, 
of  Randolph  county,  N.  C. 

Dr.  Henkel  was  a  man  of  extraordinary  mental  powers; 
original  of  thought,  and  a  logician  of  fine  acumen.  Thus  in 
debate  and  controversy  he  proved  to  be  a  formidable  anta- 
gonist because  of  his  sound  reasoning  and  the  manner  in 
which  he  clinched  his  every  argument.  It  is  known,  too,  that 
he  would  never  for  any  consideration  go  back  on  his  word. 
In  his  manner  he  was  humble  and  unassuming— humility  be- 
ing manifest  in  all  his  dealings  with  his  fellow-man.  Inte- 
grity was  also  a  salient  point  in  his  character.  He  was  rigid- 
ly honest  and  truthful.  His  style  of  preaching  was  exposi- 
tory, plain  and  forceful.  He  preached  for  forty-six  years 
without  interruption  and  wholly  in  the  Tennessee  Synod, 
except  a  few  years  while  in  Missouri.  At  one  time  he  had 
pastoral  charge  of  fifteen  congregations,  and  did  an  immense 
amount  of  missionary  work.  He  was  always  ready  to  speak 
a  word  of  comfort  to  the  sorrowing,  the  word  of  life  to  those 
seeking  a  knowledge  of  the  way  of  life,  but  he  was   an    un- 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  85 

compromising  antagonist  of  error,  and  boldly  and  fearlessly 
denounced  it  wherever  he  met  with  it.  His  influence  in  all 
the  relations  in  which  we  have  mentioned  him  was  very 
great,  and  we  would  add,  lasting  also.  In  the  Lutheran 
Church  of  the  South,  he  was,  perhaps,  the  greatest  man  in 
its  history.  And  as  stated,  he  labored  hard  to  establish  the 
school  of  Conover  for  his  Synod,  in  which  the  Word  of  God 
should  be  recognized  as  a  factor  in  education.  His  influence 
yet  today  is  felt  far  beyond  the  limits  of  his  own  Synod,  even 
throughout  the  Southern  Church.  He  was  in  the  midst  of 
his  earnest  labors  both  writing  and  preaching  when  he  was 
called  to  his  reward.  Thus  ended  his  work.  A  good  and 
great  man  had  fallen. 

Some  of  those  who  were  privileged  to  receive  instruc- 
tion from  Dr.  Henkel  were  the  Revs.  A.  L.  Bolick,  P.  C. 
Wyke,  Jacob  Wyke,  Darr,  G.  E.  Long,  S.  S.  Keissler;  Profs. 
R.  L.  Fritz,  C.  C.  Coon,  A.  P.  Whisenhunt,  and  others  well 
known  in  Catawba  and  other  counties. 

In  1892,  Concordia  College  passed  under  the  control  of 
the  Synod  of  Missouri  and  the  States  with  the  Rev.  Prof.  W. 
H.  T.  Dau,  of  Memphis,  Tennessee,  at  the  head  of  the  faculty. 
The  new  management  maintained  the  curriculum  already 
provided,  only  with  the  change  that  those  having  the  minis- 
try in  view  were  to  graduate  in  theology  at  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Also  suitable  courses  were  provided  for  those  desiring  to 
become  teachers,  and  for  others  a  sound  education  along 
general  lines  was  arranged  for,  and  the  institution  remained 
coeducational. 

The  influence  exerted  by  Prof.  Dau,  as  teacher,  instruc- 
tor, and  as  a  preacher  and  pastor,  was  of  a  high  order.  In 
the  latter  part  of  the  90's  however.  Prof.  Dau  gave  up  his 
professorship  in  Concordia  College  to  accept  a  call  to  a  charge 
in  Indiana,  and  the  responsibilities  of  President  of  Concordia 
College,  fell  to  the  lot  of  the  present  incumbent,  Rev.  Prof. 
Geo.  A.  Romoser,  of  Baltimore,  Md.  who  had  been  professor 
in  the  college  from  1892  to  1898. 

Professor  Romoser  has  sought  to  steadily  further  the 
work  which  Concordia  College  has  obligated  herself  to  do, 
and  quietly  and  without  ostentation  the  school  is  making 
good.      Associated  with  President  Romoser  as  instructors  in 


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the   several  departments   of   the   College,  are  Profs.   C.  A. 
Weiss,  Geo.  Luecke  and  A.  Haentzschel. 

Space  will  not  permit  us  to  give  a  list  of  all  those  who 
have  received  instruction  at  Concordia  College,  and  who 
have  gone  forth  to  labor  and  to  contend  with  an  eye  single 
to  improve  the  world.  We  mention  in  addition  to  those 
named  above,  M.  H,  Yount,  formerly  a  member  of  the  state 
Legislature;  Dr.  Eugene  Yount,  of  Statesville;  Dr.  F.  L. 
Herman,  of  Conover;  Rev.  E.  T.  Coyner,  of  Asheville,  and 
Revs.  C.  0.  Smith  and  P.  C.  Henry,  of  Catawba  county. 
Many  are  in  other  states,  and  it  is  with  keen  pleasure  that 
we  can  point  to  them  and  say  that  they  are  striving  to  pre- 
form the  duties  assigned  them,  and  which  they  agreed  to  do 
when  they  were  once  students  at  Concordia  College.  Nor 
yet  to  mantion  those  others,  now  aged,  many  of  them,  who 
have  battled  with  the  monster,  ignorance,  who  is  ever  with 
us.  One,  an  intimate  friend  of  Dr.  Henkel,  a  man  who 
presistantly  and  incessently  preached,  admonished,  comfort- 
ed and  mourned  with  his  paople,  well  heads  the  list  of  those 
Vvhose  names,  for  lack  of  space,  we  cannot  record  now— we 
refer  to  the  venerable  Rev.  J.  M.  Smith,  of  Conover, — who 
was  in  the  ministry  for  over  thirty  years,  among  the  people 
of  Catawba  county.  Well  it  is  that  he  has  lived  to  see 
many  of  those  things  accomplished  (among  them  the  build- 
ing of  Concordia  College)  for  which  he  had  too  earnestly 
labored  and  contended. 

There  are  two  churches  in  Conover  which  this  sketch 
demands  that  note  be  made,  viz:  Concordia  Lutheran  and 
Trinity  Reformed.  The  former  has  a  history  beginning 
with  and  closely  following  that  of  Concordia  College.  At 
first,  services  were  held  in  the  school  rooms  wherever  they 
chanced  to  be,  and  Revs.  P.  C.  Henkel  and  J.  M.  Smith 
conducted  the  services.  Later,  Revs.  John  Moser  and  R.  A. 
Yoder  also  served  the  little  congregation.  When  the  college 
building  was  completed,  the  congregation  of  Concordia  held 
its  services  in  the  Chapel  of  the  College,  and  this  served  its 
purpose  till  the  year  1894,  when  the  congregation  decided  to 
build  the  present  church  building,  the  congregation  having 
outgrown  its  quarters  in  the  College,  In  1896,  Concordia 
church  was   completed   and   dedicated,  Prof.  W.  H.  T.   Dau 


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being  the  pastor  of  the  congregation.  The  building  is  of 
brick,  appropriate  in  architecture,  commodious  and  a  credit 
to  the  members  of  Concordia  congregation  by  whom,  largely, 
it  was  designed  and  constructed.  The  present  pastor  of 
Concordia  is  Rev.  Paul  Bischoff. 

Trinity  Reformed  Church  is  the  second  of  Conover's 
church  buildings,  and  is  conveniently  located  on  Conover's 
main  thoroughfare.  It  was  built  in  the  year  1891,  Messrs. 
T.  L.  Hunsucker,  Patrick  Cline,  Nelson  Hunsucker,  Noah 
Rowe,  E.  A.  Herman  and  others  being  prime  movers  in  its 
construction.  Rev.  J.  C.  Clapp,  of  Newton,  was  the  first 
pastor  of  the  new  church.  The  present  pastor  is  the  Rev. 
J.  H.  Keller,  of  Hickory. 

A  new  public  school  building  for  Conover  was  built  in 
the  beginning  of  the  year  1911. 

Three  churches  and  a  public  school  belong  to  Conover's 
colored  population. 

In  closing  this  sketch,  a  few  remarks  are  again  neces- 
sary. Though  Conover  is  beautiful  as  to  location,  human 
effort  there,  as  elsewhere,  has  always  been  handicapped  by 
the  prevailing  drawbacks  incident  to  every  section  in  the 
land.  We  are  to  have  these— then  which  we  have  no  choice. 
Yet  there  are  many  considerations  obtaining  at  Conover 
which  make  for  much  that  is  fair  and  good  in  the  future. 
In  the  first  place  Conover  is  well  situated.  It  lies  on  two 
railways;  the  Memphis  Division  of  the  Southern,  and  the 
Carolina  &  North-Western.  Mail  and  transportation  facili- 
ties are,  therefore,  adequate  so  far  as  these  concern  the 
success  of  business  enterprises,  and  the  welfare  of  a  resident 
population.  Then  the  elevation  of  the  land  at  this  point  is 
about  eleven  hundred  feet  above  sea  level,  and  so  Conover 
is  not  subject  to  the  fevers  and  the  enervating  influences  of 
the  lowlands  further  towards  the  east.  Outlaying  spurs  and 
chains  of  the  Blue  Ridge  are  within  easy  range  of  the  eye, 
even  the  particular  and  interesting  mountain  sights,  like 
"Table  Rock"  being  seen  from  the  town  when  there  is  a 
clear  horizon.  And  the  water  supply,  much  of  which  con- 
tains valuable  medical  properties,  is  excellent;  the  tourist 
readily  appreciate  its  superior  qualities.  It  is  not  strange 
then,  that  from  the   first  beginning  of  the  town,  that   Con- 


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over  has  been  visited  by  tourists  and  health-seekers  both 
from  the  North  (in  winter),  and  from  the  more  southernly 
points  in  the  South  (in  the  summer)  and  the  reason  given  is, 
that  dimatic  conditions  of  Conover  being  markedly  equable 
at  all  seasons,  must  appeal  quite  strongly  to  those  seeking 
health  and  comfort. 

Aware  of  her  advantages  for  the  man  with  a  business 
proposition,  and  knowing  her  advantages  and  inducements 
as  a  health  giving  place,  Conover  may  yet  conie  to  realize 
that  if  her  institutions  and  business  enterprises  which  she 
has  founded  and  advocated  in  the  past  have  not  flourished 
and  succeeded  as  she  would  have  them  do,  that  there  must 
have  been  some  very  important  reason  for  their  not  doing 
so,  and  that  it  behooves  her  present  citizenship  to  remove  it. 

A.  L.  BARGER. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  89 

' 'CATAWBA  RIFLES," 

"Co.  A.  12th  N.  C.  Troops. 

On  the  27th  day  of  April,  1861,  was  organized  in  Newton 
Catawba  county  a  body  of  soldiers  that  would  have  done 
honor  to  any  cause  or  country.  Composed  of  the  very  best 
men  of  the  county,  these  men  were  cosmopolitan,  that  is  men 
who  can  make  a  home  every  where  they  go.  The  major  part 
of  these  men  were  descendants  from  "Pennsylvania Dutch." 
No  better  citizens  c3Jild  befound:  but  few  of  them  owned 
slaves,  so  it  cannot  be  claimed  that  they  were  enlisting  to 
fight  for  slaverv;  no,  they  were  enlisting  to  fight  for  the 
right  of  the  states  under  the  constitution,  and  right  nobly 
did  these  Catawba  county  men  do  their  duty.  It  is  sad  to 
think  that  so  many  of  those  brave  men  never  returned. 
Thirty-four  were  transferred  to  Ray's  Rangers.  I  estimate 
that  of  the  balance  that  belonged  to  the  Co.  from  first  to  last 
there  were  126,  and  of  this  number  88  have  passed  over  the 
last  river;  this  includes  the  killed  and  those  who  have  died 
during  and  since  the  war.  I  make  it  that  there  are  38  living 
yet.  When  we  reached  Norfolk,  Va.  late  in  the  night  in  May 
1861,  it  was  evident  that  some  of  our  Catawba  men  had  never 
been  near  salt  water  before,  for  Cain  Pope,  and  others  ran 
to  the  nearest  water  for  a  drink,  which  of  course  was  tide 
water;  then  they  "blessed  out  the  man  who  was  mean  enough 
to  salt  the  water. "  Frank  Huffman,  known  as  "Major 
Frank"  had  fixed  himself  a  palace  out  of  branches  of  trees, 
and  arranged  it  so  he  could  enter  and  close  the  door  to  his 
castle;  all  went  well  until  the  leaves  became  dry,  and  one 
night  in  Aug.  some  parties  at  the  midnight  hour  set  fire  to 
the  Major's  "Palace,"  and  it  all  burst  out  in  a  flash  and  it 
aroused  the  Major  so  he  broke  forth  with  a  war  whoop,  and 
the  Majors  stampede  made  a  meteoric  shower  to  the  amuse- 
ment of  all  the  soldiers.  Frank  Murphy,  our  Irish  comp- 
anion remarked,  "Well  Major  was  not  careful  enough  in 
placing  his  guard;  for  the  enemy  surrounded    his    castle    at 


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midnight,  and  all  was  lost".  Many  rich  stories  could  te  re- 
lated on  Cain  Pope,  Major  Huffman  and  Franklin  Murphy 
et.  al.  if  we  had  the  space  to  give  it.  After  the  transfer  to 
other  companies  the  original  Catawba  Rifles  had  six  men  to 
loose  arms  and  six  to  loose  legs.  Of  the  six  to  loose  arms, 
Lieut.  H.  P.  Rudisill  is  the  only  one  living;  of  those  who  lost 
legs— John  M.  Arnt,  Geo.  W.  Rabb,  Henry  J.  Reitzel,  Miles 
0.  Sherrill,  and  Peter  Wilfong  Whitener,  are  still  livirg. 


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93 


paralyzed  his  arm;  for  this  cause  he  was  retired.  He  was  appointed 
tine  collector.  After  the  war  he  became  a  bridge  builder,  and  while  at 
Neuse  River  endeavoring  to  move  a  raft  from  the  frame  of  a  bridge,  he 
fell  into  the  stream  and  was  drowned — February.  1866. 

He  was  a  faithful  soldier,  and  was  highly  esteemed  by  his  company. 
This  sketch  was  kindly  furnished  us  by  his  brother-in-law,  H.  P.  Ruda- 
sill. 

Deal,  M.  S.,  2ii(l  Lieutenant;  promoted  from  ranks;  died   since 
the  war  in  the  hospitah    (See  sketch.) 


SYLVANUS  DEAL 

t 

Sylvanus  Deal  en- 
listed with  the  original 
Company  A,  and,  served 
faithfully  with  the  same 
company  till  the  close. 
He  engaged  in  farming, 
at  which  he  was  success- 
ful. He  was  elected 
Lieutenant  and  held 
that  position  to  the 
close.  In  his  latter 
days  he  was  much  afflict- 
ed, and  died  some  years 
ago.  He  was  a  faith- 
ful soldier  —  a  worthy 
and  honored  citizen  of 
the  county. 


Ru  Usiil,  H.  P.,  2n:l  Lieutenant;  prom  jtecl  from  ranks,  woun- 
detl;  lost  an  arm;     living  at  Maiden,  N.  C.     (S?e    sketch.) 

Brown,  J.  \I.,  2nd  Lieutenant;  pronuted  from  ranks;  now 
livino-  in  Asheville.     (See  sketch.) 

Bradburn,  T.  W.,  2nd  Lieutenant;  promoted  from  ranks; 
died  since    the  war. 


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HENRY    P.    RUDA- 
SILL 

I  volunteered  in  vhe 
first  company  that  left 
Catawba  coun*^y,  Api'il 
27ih,  1861.  We  were 
sent  to  Raleigh  and 
formed  into  regiments. 
I  belonged  to  the  2nd 
Regiment  N.  C.  Volun- 
teers. We  were  in 
Raleigh  when  the  State 
sec  ieded.  We  w  3re 
than  sent  to  Norfolk, 
Va.,  and  stayed  there 
about  twelve  months. 

We  fought  our  first 
battle  at  Hanover  Junc- 
tion. The  next  were 
battles  around  Rich- 
mond. I  was  wounded 
in  my  right  hand  in  the 
battle  of  Malvern  Hill. 
I  got  a  thirty  days  fur- 
lough home.  I  then 
joined  my  company 
again  at  Sharps 
Maryland. 

I  was  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  Spottsylvania  Court  House, 
and  Fredricksburg;  from  there  to  South  Mountain,  Md. ;  then  down  the 
Valley  by  way  of  tha  Natural  Bridge,  on  to  Carlyle,  Pa.  We  then  went 
to  Gettysburg.  We  sufl'ered  great  loss  in  that  battle.  Back  to  Williams- 
port,  Md.     There  we  recrossed  the  Potomac  back  into  Virginia. 

I  helped  take  Winchester  twice  from  the  Yankees.  On  the  19th  of 
September,  1854,  I  was  wounded  and  lost  my  left  arm  above  the  elbow. 
When  Gen.  Sherman  drove  Gen.  Early  from  Winchester,  Va.,  1  was 
taken  prisoner  and  stayed  in  Winchester  one  month.  I  was  then  sent 
to  Baltimore.  Then  sent  from  Baltimore  to  be  exchanged;  the  boat  was 
stopped  at  Fortress  Monroe  nineteen  days;  then  we  got  orders  to  go  to 
Savannah,  Ga.,  where  the  prisoners  were  exchanged.  We  were  on  the 
boat  twenty-two  days.  We  stayed  in  Savannah  until  we  were  able  to 
come  home.  Then  I  went  back  to  the  army  and  resigned  as  2nd  Lieut. 
Company  A,  12th  Regiment  N.  C.  Troops. 

In  a  few  weeks  after  I  got  back  home.  Gen.  Stoneman  came  through 
with  his  cavalry.  I  was  married  the  15th  of  March,  1866,  to  Olivia  C. 
Yount,  daughter  of  Franklin  A.  and  Jemina  Yount.  Had  fourteen  chil- 
dred,  nine  sons  and  five  daughters.     I  served    the  County    as    Treasurer 


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eig-ht  years.  I  am  68  years  old,  and  enjoying  reasonably  good  health. 
From  first  to  last,  I  was  not  absent  more  than  37  days  from  the  army, 
before  I  lost  my  arm. 

On  the  night  after  the  first  days  fight  at  Fredricksburg  the  Aurora 
Borealis  was  seen  very  plainly  in  the  North.  The  soldiers  took  this  as 
an  omen  of  a  bloody  battle  to  follow  the  next  day,  and  consequently, 
were  very  much  excited  thereby.  The  next  morning  about  eight  o'clock, 
a  red  fox  was  discovered  between  the  picket  lines  of  the  two  armies, 
which  occasioned  much  amusement  on  both  sides.  We  had  strict  orders 
not  to  fire  unless  the  enemy  advanced  upon  us;  but  Reynard  offered  a 
temptation  we  could  not  resist.  Fired  upon  by  our  pickets,  the  fox  ran 
in  the  direction  of  the  Yankees,  and  fired  upon  by  them,  he  rushed  back 
toward  us,  and  so  on,  back  and  forth,  down  the  line  for  about  three 
miles.     Whether  the  fox  was  killed,  I  do  not  know. 

Our  Regiment  went  into  the  Gettysburg  fight  1400  strong  and  came 
out  with  127.  On  the  retreat  we  passed  up  a  stream  that  flowed  through 
a  gap  of  a  mountain.  We  crossed  and  re-crossed  the  stream  about  20 
times.  At  many  places  it  was  waist  deep  and  very  cold.  Our  wagon 
train  was  in  front,  our  thinned  regiment  forming  the  rear  guard.  Some 
Yankee  Cavalry  were  annoying  our  wagons  in  front,  taking  some  and 
riddling  others  with  grape  shot  and  canister.  Gen.  Iverson  said  to  Capt. 
Wilfong:  "Capt.  Wilfong,  Yankees  are  annoying  our  wagon  train 
in  front;  go  forward  and  give  them  Hell  !  Don't  you  think  you  can  do 
it?"  Wilfong  answered:  "We  have  but  few  men.  but  we  will  do  the 
best  we  can;"  but  when  we  reached  the  point  of  trouble,  there  were 
only  about  a  dozen  men  with  us.  We  took  refuge  beside  a  huge  rock 
and  lay  concealed  there  until  morning.  We  could  hear  the  enemy  walk- 
ing and  talking  sometimes  within  five  steps  of  us;  but  we  did  not  give 
them  hell,  for  we  had  only  two  guns  at  our  command.  The  next  morn- 
ing we  formed  a  skirmish  line  on  each  side  of  a  road  further  on  from 
this  spot.  Capt.  Wilfong  took  command  of  the  right  and  1  of  the  left, 
and  as  the  enemies  Cavalry  charged  the  rear  wagons,  we  captured  about 
a  dozen  of  them. 

An  amusing  incident  occurred  at  the  battle  of  Sharpsburg.  Duncan 
McRea  was  Col.  of  the  5th  N.  C.  Regiment.  One  of  his  Captains  was 
a  Baptist  preacher,  and  I  believe  a  good,  pious  man.  He  often  held 
services  for  the  Regiment  and  Brigade.  Col.  McRea  was  ambitious  to 
become  a  Brigadier  General;  but  in  the  hottest  of  the  fight  his  regiment 
faltered  and  fell  back.  The  next  day  he  said  to  his  clericial  Captain: 
"I  always  thought  you  were  a  good  man;  I  have  often  heard  you  say 
that  you  wanted  to  go  to  Heaven,  but  yesterday  you  had  an  opportunity 
to  go,  and  D you,  you  run  from  it." 

At  the  battle  of  Chancelorsville,  Maj.  D.  P.  Rowe  was  mortally 
wounded.  We  fought  on  until  dark  and  got  badly  scattered.  About 
six  of  us  got  too  far  to  the  left  and  found  ourselves  within  the  enemies' 
Picket  lines.  We  saw  two  of  the  enemies'  pickets  lying  behind  a  log 
sighting  ready  to  shoot  at  us;  one  of  us  (a  prominent  man  of  this 
county),  fired  and  shot    one  of  the  pickets  through  the  head   and    killed 


96  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

him  instantly.  He  felt  very  sorry  for  having  killed  a  man,  or  rather 
knowing  that  he  had  killed  a  man,  and  begged  me  not  to  tell  it  on  him 
at  home.  I  will  not  give  his  name,  but  if  he  reads  this  he  will  know 
who  I  mean. 

I  lest  my  arm  at  Winchester,  September  13th,  1864,  and  was  cap- 
tured at  the  same  time  and  sent  to  the  Federal  Hospital.  There  I  re- 
mained for  a  month  and  received  good  treatment.  The  ladies  of  the 
town  would  bring  all  kinds  of  delicacies  suitable  for  the  sick  and  wound- 
ed. One  month  from  the  time  I  was  captured,  our  forces  attempted  to 
re-take  Winchester,  and  all  of  us  prisoners  expected  to  be  liberated.  In 
the  excitement,  I  walked  out  of  the  hospital  to  a  three  story  Southern 
Mansion,  where  I  was  hidden  in  the  third  story;  but  when  Sheridan 
drove  Early  back,  I  returned  to  the  hospital,  where  I,  with  others  of 
the  wounded  prisoners,  were  reported  as  deserters.  All  of  us  who  were 
able  to  be  moved,  were  sent  in  wagons  to  Harpers  Ferry,  and  from 
there  on  the  train  to  Baltimore  Hospital.  We  were  in  Baltimore  for 
three  weeks  where  we  also  receivedsplendid  treatment,  until  the  day  we 
left;  the  day  we  left,  we  were  marched  out  into  a  very  large  room  where 
all  oar  cht'iiij,  m)i3y,  etc.,  wara  all  taken  from  us  and  we  were 
marched  out  to  a  large  pile  of  cast  off  Federal  uniforms  and  commanded 
to  dress.  The  pants  that  I  received  were  all  bloody,  and  the  right  leg 
ripped  to  the  knee.  One  poor  fellow  from  Georgia,  wounded  in  the 
shoulder  and  with  gangrene  so  bad  you  could  see  the  bones,  had  four 
five  dollar  gold  pieces,  which  he  hid  in  the  bowl  of  a  large  pipe.  He 
filled  it  with  tobacco  and  began  to  smoke;  but  when  the  Yanks  came 
abound  to  search  him,  the  first  place  they  looked  was  in  the  pipe,  which 
they  confiscated  along  with  the  gold.  He  brooded  and  worried  over  his 
loss  until  he  became  unbalanced,  and  while  on  the  boat  lying  in  front  of 
Fort  Monroe,  he  jumped  over  board.  We  threw  a  rope  lo  him,  which 
he  eagerly  seized  and  was  drawn  up  to  the  boat  again.  He  evidently 
found  out  that  drowning  was  worse  than  the  loss  of  gold. 

From  Baltimore  we  started  in  a  tug  boat.  When  out  at  sea  a  storm 
blew  us  into  Annapolis  and  we  landed  there  for  safety.  I  accidently 
gave  the  Master  Mason  sign.  One  of  the  spectators,  by  the  name  of 
Holden,  from  North  Carolina,  came  up  to  me  and  said:  "What  will  you 
have?"  I  said  to  him:  "What  do  you  mean  by  that?"  "Why,"  he 
answered,  "you  gave  me  the  Master  Mason  sign."  I  said  to  him:  "My 
friend,  1  don't  want  to  take  advantage  of  you;  I  don't  belong  to  the 
Masons  or  ony  of  the  other  orders;  if  I  gave  you  the  Master  Mason  sign, 
it  was  not  knowingly."  He  then  tried  me  with  several  other  signs,  but 
I  could  not  give  the  countersign,  so  he  said  to  me:  "If  you  are  not  a 
Mason,  you  are  a  gentleman;  what  will  you  have?"  I  told  him  we  were 
very  hungry.  He  then  went  and  brought  for  us  a  load  of  bread,  beef, 
boiled  ham,  and  other  good  things,  for  which  we  were  very  grateful. 

After  the  gale  was  over,  we  left  for  Point  Lookout,  where  we  were 
placed  on  a  large  boat  called  the  Baltic.  There  were  about  1600  prison- 
ers on  board.  All  were  either  sick  or  wounded.  From  there  we  went 
to  Old  Fort,    Va.,  where   we  were  anchored  for  thirteen  days,  awaiting 


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orders  from  the  Federal  war  department.  From  there  we  went  to 
Savannah,  Ga.,  which  took  us  three  days. 

When  I  left  Baltimore  I  was  strong  and  my  arm  was  doing  fine, 
but  when  I  got  to  Savannah  my  wound  was  so  swollen  and  I  so  weak,  I 
had  to  be  carried  off  the  boat.  During  the  twenty-two  days  I  was  on 
the  boat,  my  arm  was  washed  but  once  and  that  time  with  a  pint  of 
stolen  water.  Silas  Smyre,  wounded  in  the  leg,  bunked  just  above  me, 
says  I  stole  the  water,  while  I  have  always  thought  that  he  stole  it. 
We  both  tried  to  steal  some  water  after  that  but  never  succeeded. 

The  physicians  on  the  boat  had  the  prisoners'  wounds  washed  and 
dressed  regularly,  but  all  were  bathed  in  the  same  water,  and  as  quite  a 
few  of  the  soldiers  had  gengrene,  Silas  Smyre  and  I  refused  to  have  our 
wounds  washed  in  the  pointed  water. 

As  we  left  Fortress  Monroe,  Ga.,  a  prisoner  who  had  chronic  diar- 
rhoea, went  to  the  doctor's  office  and  asked  for  medicine.  The  Doctor 
cursed  him  and  told  him  there  was  nothing  much  the  matter  with  him 
and  that  he  needed  no  medicine.  The  poor  fellow  turned  away  with  a 
broken  hearted  sigh,  with  the  remark:  "Tomorrow  at  twelve  o'clock  I 
will  be  dead."  I  was  present  when  this  occurred.  The  next  day  about 
one  o'clock,  as  we  were  on  the  hurricane  deck  trying  to  get  the  vermin 
out  of  our  blankets  and  clothes,  we  noticed  a  school  of  fish  on  each  side 
of  the  boat  as  straight  as  any  line  of  battle  I  ever  saw.  They  swam  as 
fast  as  the  boat  ran.  Someone  shouted:  "A  dead  man  on  board."  A 
search  was  instantly  made  and  the  poor  fellow  above  alluded  to  was 
found  dead.  Weights  were  tied  to  his  feet  and  he  was  dropped  over- 
board. The  moment  he  fell  into  the  water,  the  fish  turned  tails  ud  and 
followed  him  to  the  bottom,  and  were  saw  no  more  until  another  Vvas 
dead. 

While  on  boat  we  suffered  a  great  deal  from  hunger  and  thirst.  We 
had  no  water  at  all  during  this  time  and  were  allowed  but  one  cracker 
and  a  pint  of  soup  a  day.  One  of  the  crackers  would  make  about  five 
of  our  ordinary  soda  crackers;  and  I  have  often  thought  the  soup  was 
nothing  more  than  the  dishwater  slightly  flavored  with  vegetables. 

After  our  exchange  we  stayed  in  Savannah  until  we  regained  our 
strength  somewhat  atid  obtained  better  clothing,  when  we  returned 
home. 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


LIEUT.     JAMES    M. 
BROWN 

He  was  born  in  Cat- 
awba County,  N.  C.  May 
19,  1839.  He  was  rear- 
ed on  the  farm  and  se- 
cured his  education 
the  old  field  schools. 
Catawba  College  and 
Red  Hill  Academy,  in 
Iredell  County. 

He  volunteered  April 
21  or  22,  1861  and  helped 
organize  Company  A  of 
the  Second  Regiment  of 
Volunteers  or  12th  Regi- 
ment of  State  Troops. 
He  left  Newton  with  the 
Company  on  April  27th, 
1861  as  Fourth  Lieut, 
but  on  reaching  Raleigh 
and  finding  that  there 
was  no  such  office,  he 
was  reduced  to  the 
ranks. 

This  Company  was  or 
ginally  under  the  command  of  Capt.  C.  W.  Bradburn,  but  after  being  in 
Raleigh  a  short  time,  it  was  reorganized  and  John  Ray  was  elected  cap- 
tain. At  this  time,  Mr.  Brown  was  appointed  Corporal  and  when  Capt. 
Ray  left  the  Company  to  organize  his  Rangers,  was  promoted  to  Fourth 
Sergeant. 

In  April,  1862,  the  Company  was  again  organized,  and  Mr.  Brown 
was  elected  Third  Lieutenant.  He  served  in  that  position  through  the 
battles  of  Hanover  Junction,  the  Seven  Days'  Fight  around  Richmond, 
Chambersville,  Cold  Harbor,  White  Oak  Swamp,  and  Malvern  Hill. 

At  the  battle  of  Cold  Harbor,  a  grape  shot  struck  him  squarely  on 
the  thigh,  and  would  have  broken  Ws  leg,  had  it  not  struck  his  saber 
which  had  a  steel  scabbard.  This  scabbard  was  so  badly  bent  by  the 
blow  that  it  had  to  be  hammered  straight  again  before  the  sword  could 
be  withdrawn. 

At  the  battle  of  Malvern  Hill,  he  was  shot  through  the  knee  late  in 
the  evening  and  lay  on  the  field  that  night  and  until  about  ten  o'clock 
the  next  day.  He  was  then  carried  ofi"  the  field  by  L.  R.  Whitener  and 
G.  M.  Wilfong,  and  was  laid  down  in  the  woods  until  late  in  the  evening. 
He  was  then  sent  to  the  field  hospital  where  his  wound  was  dressed.  On 
the  next  day  he  was  placed  in  an  ambulance,  sent  over  a  pine  pole  road 
to  the  station,  placed  on  a  flat  car  and  sent  to  the    Moore    Hospital    at 


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Riehnond.     After  several  we3k3,  he  was  taken  home  on  a  litter  by  Fred 
Smith  and  John  D.   Hoke. 

Just  after  the  battle  of  Malvern  Hill,  he  was  promoted  to  the  rank 
of  Second  Lieutenant  and  held  this  position  until  April,  1863.  He  was 
assured  by  many  physicians  and  three  examining  boards  that  he  would 
never  again  be  fit  for  active  service  on  account  of  his  wouiid.  Feeling, 
therefore,  that  he  was  depriving  the  Company  of  a  position  that  he  was 
not  able  to  fill  and  not  wishing  to  be  transferred  to  any  point  the  Govern- 
ment might  wish  to  send  him,  he  resigned  and  was  dischai'ged  in  April 
1863. 

Upon  his  return  home,  Lieut.  Brown  was  appointed  Assessor  of  Tax 
in  Kind  for  the  Eastern  portion  of  Catawba  County  under  Maj.  S.  M. 
Finger  and  served  in  this  capacity  until  the  close  of  the  war. 

On  Dec.  2nd,  1863,  while  still  using  a  crutch  and  stick,  Lieut.  Brown 
was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  M.  Stevenson,  adaughter  of  J.  H.  Steven- 
son, of  Iredell  County.  As  a  result  of  this  union,  two  boys  and  two 
girls  were  born.  Both  of  the  girls  are  dead,  while  one  of  the  boys, 
James  S.,  is  in  Guatamala  City.  Central  America,  and  the  other,  Malvern 
Hill,  resides  at  Rex,  Washington. 

In  1870,  he  was  elected  Register  of  Deeds  for  Catawba  County  tak- 
ing office  in  September  of  that  year.  He  held  this  office  until  Dec. 
1878.  In  1882,  he  was  appointed  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  served  in 
that  capacity  until  he  removed  froni^  the  County  in  1905. 

His  wife  having  died  in  August,  1872,  Lieut.  Brown  was  married 
on  Dec.  2nd,  1873  to  Miss  Mary  Williams,  daughter  of  William  Williams, 
of  Catawba  County.  Their  married  life  was  short  as  Mrs.  Brown  died 
in  August,  1874. 

In  1877,  he  married  Miss  Fannie  R.  Beall,  daughter  of  Rev.  B.  L. 
.  Beall,  who  resided  at  that  time  in  Lenoir  but  who  has  since  moved  his 
residence  to  Greensboro.  From  this  union,  two  boys  and  two  girls  were 
born,  three  of  whom  are  now  living.  One  of  the  girls,  Jessie  Rankin, 
died  in  July,  1907  and  the  pther  one,  Nettie  Remsen,  married  Mr.  J. 
■Louie  Eyerhart,  of  AshevlUe,  N.  C.  With  this  daughter,  Lieut.  Brown 
and  his  oldest  son,  Paul,  reside,  Mrs.  Brown  having  died  June  17.  1908. 
The  other  son,  Edward,  married  Miss  Bessie  Fortune  and  also  resides  in 
Asheville  being  General  Secretary  of  the  local  Y.  M.  C.  A. 


NON-COMMISSIONED  OFFICERS. 

Yount,  M.  A.,  1st  Sergeant;  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  promoted 
2nd  Lieutenant  September  16,  '61. 

Shcrrill,  John  L.,  2nd  Sergeant;  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  wounded 
at  Hanover  Court'  House.     (See  sketch.) 

Wilfong,  T.  M.,  3rd  Sergeant;  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  living, 
^  farmer^ 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Abernothy,  J.  R.,  4th  Sergeant;  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  wounded 
at  Cold  Harbor;  transferrred  to  2nd  Regiment  cvalary;  died 
since  tha  war  in  Alabama. 

Wilfong,  S.  T.,  5th  Sergeant;  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  wounded 
at  Cold  Harbor  and  Chancellorsville,  lost  an  arm;  died  since 
the  war.    (See  sketch.) 

SIDNEY    THEODORE 
WILFONG 

Sidney  Theodore  Wil- 
fong, son  of  John  Wil- 
fong and  grandson  of 
elder  John  Wilfong  (the 
latter  a  soldier  of  the 
Revolution),  was  born 
in  Catawba  county,  N. 
C,  February  2nd,  1844 
he  being  the  fifth  son 
of  a  family  of  two  dau- 
ghters and  ten  sons,  six 
of  whom  were  soldiers 
in  the  Confederate 
States  Army. 

At  the  age  of  seven 
teen  years,  in  the  first 
company  of  volunteers 
organized  in  Catawba 
county,  he  enlisted  April 
27th,  1861,  as  a  private 
in  Company  A,  12th  N. 
C.  Regiment;  and  was 
afterwards  promoted  to 
3rd  Sergeant.  At  the 
battle  of    Cold    Harbor, 

in  the  seven  day's  fight  before  Richmond,  Va.,  in  June  1862,  he  was 
seriously  wounded  in  the  thigh.  He  was  cared  for  in  Richmond,  where 
his  mother,  who  was  an  ardent  supporter  of  the  Confederacy,  went  and 
attended  him  and,  when  in  condition  to  be  moved,  accompanied  him 
home.  As  soon  as  he  was  able,  he  returned  to  the  army  at  Martinsburg, 
Va.,  in  December,  1862.  On  the  3rd  day  of  May,  1863,  at  the  battle  of 
Chancellorsville,  he  was  again  seriously  wounded  in  the  right  arm  and 
captured  by  the  enemy.  Before  being  captured,  his  brother,  Capt. 
Milt  Wilfong,  bandaged  the  shattered  arm  and  then  made  his  escape. 
Although  weak  and  exhausted  from  the  loss  of  blood,  he  was  exposed' 
to  a  heavy  rainstorm  during  the  night,  and  was  forced  to  march  under 
threat  of  being  bayonated,  until  he  fell,  declaring  death  was  preferable 
to  the  torture  being  inflicted,   and  reminded   his  captor    that  under   the 


OF  THE   CIVIL  WAR  101 

fortunes  of  war  he  might  soon  become  the  victim.  He  was  then  more 
considerately  conveyed  to  Lincoln  Hospital,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Not  until  ten  days  after  being  wounded  did  he  receive  medical  or  surgi- 
cal aid,  and  then  only  at  the  urgent  pleading  of  a  nurse  was  his  arm 
amputated  on  the  13th  day  of  May,  1863,  so  little  probability  was  there 
of  saving  his  life,  the  physicians  contending  that  he  could  only  die  and 
that  he  ojght  to  be  buried  whole.  So  grateful  was  he  to  the  nurse  that 
he  afterwards  nam  id  his  diu^ht^r,  Genevieve,  far  her.  By  an  exchange 
of  prisoners  he  was  released  from  prison  July  1st,  1863,  and  on  Febru- 
ary 12th,  18C4  he  received  a  discharge  from  the  Confederate  Army. 
Afterwards  he  visiied  the  army  several  times,  carrying  provisions  and 
clothing  to  his  brothers. 

On  the  2nd  day  of  January,  1866,  S.  T.  Wilfong  was  married  to 
Miss  Belle  Gill,  of  Columbia,  S.  C,  where  she  had  been  employed  in  the 
Treasury  department  of  the  Confederate  States.  From  this  time  he 
lived  on  his  farm  in  Jacobs  Fork  Township  until  January,  1905,  when  he 
moved  to  Newton,  where  he  died  on  the  2nd  day  of  October,  1905,  being 
survived  by  his  widow  and  four  children  — Summey,  Walter  and  Pierce 
Wilfong  and  Mrs.  Genevieve  Gaither.  He  was  buried  in  East  View 
Cemetery,  Newton,  N.  C. 

Always  an  enthusiastic  Confederate,  it  was  largely  due  to  his  efforts 
that  a  Chapter  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy  was  organized  at 
Newton. 

He  was  a  faithful  member  and  elder  of  the  Reformed  Church,  first 
at  Grace  Church,  near  his  farm  in  Jacobs  Fork  Township,  and  later  at 
Newton. 

Taking  a  great  interest  in  education,  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  Claremont  College,  Hickory,  N.  C,  from  its 
foundation,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Catawba 
College,  Newton,  N.  C,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  Chairman  of 
the  Building  Committee  of  the  latter  institution  and  actively  engaged  in 
the  work. 

He  took  a  large  interest  in  all  public  affairs  and  was  called  to  fill 
public  oflficas,  among  them.  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  many  years,  mem- 
ber of  the  House  of  Representatives  from  Catawba  county  in  1901, 
member  of  the  County  Board  of  Education,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Agriculture. 

Bost,  R.  A.,  1st  Corporal;  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  transferred  to 
46th  Regiment. 

Lorance,  Wm.  E.,  2nd  Corporal;  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  trans- 
ferred to  32nd  Regiment;  lost  a  leg. 

Robinson,  Geo.  W.,  3rd  Corporal;  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  died 
September  27,   '62. 

Smith,  P.  F..  4th  Corporal;  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  transferred 
to    32nd    Regiment. 


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THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 


PRIVATES. 

Abernethy,  Patrick  E.,  tMilistod  April  27,  '61;  transferred  to 
32nd    Regiment. 

Arndt,  John  M.,  April  27,  '61;  wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  lost 
a  leg.     Living.     (See  sketch.)  .  ,        ■ 

J.  M.    ARNDT 

I  enlisted  in  Co.  A. 
12th  Regiment,  from 
Catawba  County.  I 
served  first  as  a  private; 
then  as  a  sharpshooter. 
My  first  little  fight  was 
at  Chancellorsville.  We 
unloaded  all  our  bagg- 
age, and  thought  when 
we  got  through,  w 
would  go  back  and  get 
it;  but  no  you  don't.  We 
had  to  stampede  from 
there  to  Seven  Pines 
and  Gold  Harbor.  The 
last  day,  I  we  ■  fought 
there,  I  was  shot  in  my 
left  arm. '  ■  1  was  sent 
home  for  four  months; 
When  I  went  back,  I 
found  my  command  at 
Culpepper  C.  H.  Start- 
ing out  again,  we  cross- 
ed the  Potomac  Rixer 
(waded  across)  going 
next  to  Petersburg. 
Had  a  three  days'  fight  there. 

I  lay  three  days  there  behind  a  fence  post,  trying  to  hide.  Nearly 
starved  for  water.  We  then  came  back  and  crossed  the  river,  where 
we  got  into  a  little  tangle  with  the  Yankees  at  Game's  Mill.  Was  there 
struck  with  a  Minnie  Ball  and  had  my  leg  broken  and  was  then  sent  to 
Richmond  and  stayed  there  two  months  before  I  got  home,  as  my  leg  had 
to  be  amputated. 

I  remained  at  home  until  just  before  the  Petersburg  Blow  Up.  We 
were  in  camp  at  Petersburg  when  they  started  the  fight. 

Soon  after,  I  made  my  way  home  and  there  remained  until  after  the 
surrender. 

All  these  years  I  have  farmed,  and  have  been  successful.  I  am 
still  hale  and  hearty. 


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103 


Barringer,  A.  M.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  killed  July  1,  '62  at 
Malvern  Hill. 

Bost,  E.  G.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  promoted  Corporal;  living, 
a  fanner. 

Bumgarner,  T.  H.,  enlisted  April  1,    '62;    living,  a  farmer. 

Bost,  Noah,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  killed  July  1,  '62  at  Mal- 
vern   Hill. 

Bost,  H.  J.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  wounded  at  Chancellors- 
ville,  lost  an  arm;    still    living  in  Texas. 

Bowman,  Alonzo,  enlisted  April  1,  '62;  killed  at  Chancellors- 
ville. 

Bowman,  Wm.,  enlisted  April  1,  '62;  missing;  no  further  ac- 
count. 

Bowman,  Wilson,  enhsted  April  1,  '62;  died  in  1902. 

Bowman,  Elkanah,  enUsted  April  27,  '61;  died  in  1906.  (See 
sketch.) 

QUINCEY    ELCANAH 
BOWMAN 

Enlisted  in  Co.  A.  12th 
Regiment,  April,  1861. 
He  served  faithfully  and 
effi:!iently  during  the 
whole  four  year  period. 
He  was  brave,  therefore 
gentle  and  kind.  He 
was  twice  wounded.  He 
returned  and  raised  a 
family  on  the  farm.  He 
lived  a  very  consistent 
church  life, — loved  and 
esteemed  by  all.  He 
died  Sept.  22,  1906. 

The  writer  of  this 
sketch  and  all  his  com- 
pany, say  that  among 
all  of  its  privates,  he 
always  was  the  cleanest, 
neatest  man  in  the  com- 
pany. "Cleanliness  is 
next  to  godliness"  was 
his  motto.  To  honor 
her  Grandfather  this 
photo  and  sketch  was 
sent  by  a  grand-daughter  (Miss  Powell) 


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THE   CATAWBA  SOLEIER 


Bolick,  Salathiel,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  wounded  at  Malvern 
Hill;    died  since  the  war. 

Brown,  Samuel,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  transferred  to  Merri- 
mac;   no  further  account  of  him. 

Brown,    C.  N.,  enlisted  April  27,    '61;  living. 

Brown,  James;  enlisted  April  1,  '62;  killed  May  27,  '62  at 
Hanover   Court   House. 

Burch,   Wm.,   still  living. 

Bradburn,  T.  W..  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  promoted  2nd  Lieu- 
tenant  September    '62;      dead. 

Bradl)urn,  J.  M.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  transferred  to  32nd 
Regiment;     died    since  the  war. 

Burns,  Wm.,  enlisted  September  1,  '62;  killed  at  ('hancellors- 
ville. 

Chne,  W.  H.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  killed  September  19,  '64 
at   Winchester. 


Y.  MILTON  WILFONG 

Y.  M.  Wilfong  enlisteLi  at 
the  21  April  61.  ofin  the 
reorganization  of  the 
connpany  he  was  elected 
second  Lieutenant  and 
finally  to  Captain.  He 
was  in  all  the  engage- 
ments of  the  company 
to  the  12  of  May,  '64  in 
the  battle  of  Spottsyl- 
vana  C.  H.  in  which 
battle  he  was  killed. 
His  remains  were 
brought  home  by  Reu- 
ben Hoyle  some  weeks 
after  he  was  exhumed 
and  brought  home  and 
buried  in  Newton.  He 
was  a  brave  boy,  and 
kind  and  considerate  of 
his  men— all  of  whom 
loved  and  respected  him. 


OF   THE   CIVIL   WAR 


105 


C'line,  E.  P.  R.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;   died  since   the  war. 

Cline,  Eli.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;     died    since  the  war. 

CHne,  Jonathan,  enlisted  April  1,  '62;  killed  Ma.y  14,  '63  at 
Spottsylvania   Court  House. 

Cloninger,  Elkanah,  enlisted  April  1,  '62;  lost  an  arm  at 
Malvern  Hill;  died  since  the  war. 

Corpening-,  A.  G.,  enlisted  March  14,  '63;  wounded  at  Chancel- 
lorsville;    died  sine?  the  war.     (See  sketch.) 


A.  G.  CORPENING 

Enlisted  in  Co.  A.  12th 
Regiment  of  N.  C,  on 
March  14th,  '63,  and  was 
not  known  to  shirk  a 
duty.  He  was  wounded 
at  Chancellorsville,  Va. 
He  survived  the  war, 
and  took  up  farming,  at 
which  he  made  good. 
He  served  as  a  justice 
of  the  peace  for  many 
years,  and  was  certainly 
a  peace-maker.  He  died 
some  years  ago  at  an 
advanced  age,  and  was 
buried  in  Grace  Church 
cemetery. 


Conrad,  Daniel,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  transferred  to  32  Regi- 
ment. 

Conrad,  D.  E.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  transferred  to  32nd  Regi- 
ment. 

Dailey,  Abraham,  enhsted  April  27,  '61;  transferred  to  32nd 
Regiment. 

Bellinger,  J.  H.,  enliste_d. April  27,  '61;  transferred  to  32nd 
Regiment. 


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THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 


Deal,  Henry,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  killed  May  3,  '63  at  (Uian- 
oellorsville. 

Deal,  Elkanah,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  no  record. 

Deal,  G.,  enlisted  April  27,  '62;    died  since  the  war. 

Deitz,  J.  B.,  enlisted  April  27,  '62;  killed  in  war,  i)eins  run 
over  by  a  horse. 

Eaton,  J.  A.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  transferred  to  32nd  Rej^i- 
ment;      living. 

Epps,  J.  A.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  wounded  at  Malvern  Hill; 
still  living,  a  farmer. 

Finger,   Daniel,   enlisted   April  27,    '61;  still  living;   a  farmer. 

Fry,  Miles,  enlisted  April   1,  '62;  killed  at  Warrenton. 

Harwell,  C.  C,  enlisted  April  1,  '62;  wounded  at  C'hancellors- 
ville. 

Hallmah,  E.  D.,  enlisted  October  16,  '61;  died  December  6,  '63. 

Heffner,  W.  S.,  enlisted  October  16,  '61;  living,  a  manufac- 
turer.    (See  sketch.) 


SIDNEY    HEFFNER 

Enlisted  in  Co.  A,  12th 
Regiment,  April  27th, 
1861.  He  made  one  of 
the  best  of  soldiers.  He 
went  through  the  war 
"scottfree, "  and  after 
returning  home  he  en- 
gaged in  farming.  He 
has  accumulated  a  nice 
little  sum  by  industry 
and  economy.  He  en- 
joys talking  of  war 
scenes,  and  has  given 
much  data  for  this  book. 


OF   THE   CIVIL  WAR 


107 


Huffman,  W.  F.,  enlisted  August  17,    '61;    died  since  the  war. 

Hoke,  J.  D.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  transferred  to  32n  1,  Regi- 
ment; dead. 

Hoke,  Julius,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  lost  a  leg  since  the  war; 
stdl    living. 

Hoke,  P.  C,  enlisted    April  27,  '61;    hving,  a  farmer. 

Hahn,  E.  L.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  hving,  a  mechanic.  (See 
Sketch.) 


E.  L.  HAHN 

L.  R.  Whitener,  Mac 
Wilfcno-,  John  Shenil! 
Dan  Moose,  Churchili 
Sigmon,  Noah  Setzei 
and  n  yself ,  stackt  d  arms- 
before  a  Pennsvlvani; 
Reg^im-nt  at  Afpomat 
tox,  April  9lh,  1^65  and 
on  our  way  to  North 
Carolina, we  got  our  sup- 
port as  best  we  could. 

Little  towns  would 
keep  a  table  spread  for 
the  accommodation  of 
the  retiring  soldiers. 
There  was  one  little 
town,  I  remember, 
whose  name  I've  for- 
gotten) ,  where,  we  were 
told,  was  a  man  who 
had  plenty  of  provis- 
ions under  lock  in  a 
Commissary,  and  would 
not  let  people  have  them 
without  money.  "It 
belongs  to  us;    we    need 

it;  press  him  to  give  it  to  the  rightful  owners,"  were  the  cries  of  wo- 
men and  children.  The  nearer  we  came  to  the  place,  the  more  piteous 
the  cry  of  women  and  children:  "Tear  down  the  door  and  let  us  have 
something  for  our  children."  On  our  arrival,  we  demanded  the  key,  but 
he  was  obstinate  and  refused,  whereupon  L.  R.  Whitener  and  myself 
bagan  battering  down  the  door,  finding  plenty  of  flour  and  bacon,  once 
belonging  to  the  Confederate  States.  We  gave  out  to  the  poor,  and  it 
was  well  for  the  man  with  the  key  to  hold  his  tongue,  or  he  would  have 
met  with    a    misfortune.       Such  characters  were  not  hard  to  find  at  the 


108 


THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 


close    of  the    war;    detestable    characters  they  were  in  the  eyes  of   the 
retiring  soldiers. 

Another  little  circumstance,  I  must  tell:  On  my  way  home  on  a 
furlough,  we  stopped  on  train  for  dinner.  We  got  our  tickets,  and 
about  the  time  we  were  filling  our  plates— "Toot!  Toot!  All  aboard  for 
Salisbury!"  I  scr.:mbled  in  the  train,  heard  a  commotion  behind  me; 
and  there  came  my  pard  (an  Irishman)  with  the  four  corners  of  the 
table  cloth  with  the  contents  for  dinner,  and  the  landlord  and  landlady 
begging  for  even  the  dishes.  "Faith  and  Bejabbers,  you  know  the 
train  would  not  wait  and  we  will  have  our  dinner."  We  pulled  him  in, 
and  he  invited  all  who  had  tickets  to  come  and  help  themselves,  and 
after  cleaning  the  cloth,  he  divided  the  delf ;  I  got  a  knife.  He  then 
struck  up  his  banjo  and  we  all  want  on  our  way  rejoicing. 

Hoover,  Adolphus,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  lost  an    arm;     died 
since  the  war.     (See  sketch.) 

A.  A.  HOOVER 

Adolphus  A.  Hoover 
enlisted  in  Company  A 
12th  N.  C.  Regiment 
April  25th,  1861.  He 
was  a  brave,  faithful 
soldier,  and  in  May, 
1864,  at  Spotts  'Ivai  ia, 
he  was  wounded  n  t  e 
arm,  which  neces.itated 
amputation. 

He  was  soon  discharg- 
ed from  service,  and  re- 
turning home,  married 
and  settled  down  to 
farming.  It  is  remark 
able  to  narrate  but  true, 
nevertheless,  that  he 
did  his  own  work,  with 
but  one  arm.  He  plow- 
ed, he  hoed,  he  reaped, 
he  mowed;  indeed,  he 
did  all  kinds  of  farm 
labor  by  a  strap  fasten- 
ed to  the  stub.  He  was 
a  very  industrious  man, 
honest,     and    his     word 

Wis  his  bond.     He  acquired  some  property,  raised  a  family  of  three  edu- 
cated and  refined  daughters. 

Hi  died  in  1905,  triumphing  in  hope.  A  good  man  is  gone— one  less 
in  our  rank  of  old  soldiers. 


OF  THE   CIVIL  WAR  109 

Hoover,  D.  B.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  killed  May  3,  '63  at 
Chancellorsville. 

H(d  ick,  W.  F.,  enl'sted  April  1,  '62;     died  since  the    war. 

Hunsucker,  Philo,  enl'sted  Oc'ober  16,    '61;    died  in  the  war. 

Herman,  Calv'n,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  died  since    the    war. 

He.man,  Elkanah,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;    died  since  the  war. 

Ingold,  Elite,  en'isted  April  1,  '62;  killed  at  Gettysburg. 

Ingold,  Luther,  enli.>ted  April  1,  '62;  died  in  the  West  since 
the   war. 

Ingold,   Fiancis,  enlisted  April  27,   '61;  killed  May  9,  '64. 

Isenhower,  Hart,  enlisted  April  27,  '62;  moved  West,  no  record. 

Killian,  W.  S.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;    no    account. 

Kale,  Pinkney,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  died  in  '61. 

Kale,  John,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  transferred  to  32nd  Regi- 
ment. 

Long,  Wm.  A.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  transferred  to  32nd 
Regim.ent. 

Loretz,  D.  P.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  transferred  to  32nd  Regi- 
ment;   died  soon  after  the  war. 

Lefong,  Yodom,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  died  December  28,  '94. 

Lefong,  Timothy,  enlisted  April  1,  '62;  dead. 

Lefong,  Noah,  enlisted  April  1,   '62;     died  since  the  war. 

Lowrance,  Bartlett,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  living,  a  shoe-maker. 

Murphy,  Frank,  enhsted  April  27,  '61;  wounded  at  Gettysburg 
died    since    the    war. 

Miller,  J.  F.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  wounded  June  27,  '62  at 
Cold  Harbor;     died  since  the  war. 

McGee,  Jonas,  enhsted  April  27,  '61;  promoted  Corporal, 
wounded   at   Gettysburg;   living.     (See  sketch.) 

McNeil,  J.  T.,  enhsted  April  27,  '61;  transferred  to  32nd 
Regiment. 

Mize,  G.  W.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  transferred  to  32nd  Regi- 
ment; dead. 

Miller,  Andrew,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  transferred  to  32nd 
Regiment;     died  recently. 

Moose,  D.  F.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  still  living.  (See  sketch.) 

Moose,  Wm.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;   went  West  after  the  war. 

Moose,  Daniel  W.,  April  27,  '61;  wounded  at  Chancellorsville; 
living,  a  farmer.      (See  sketch.) 

Moose,  Elkanah,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  living,  a  farmer. 


no 


THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 


J.  M.  McGEE 

I  enlisted  in  April 
1861,  at  Ntwton.  N.  C. 
and  left  thore  and  weni 
to  Salisbury  where  1 
spent  two  days  anr 
nights;  fioni  ihere  ] 
went  to  Raltigh.  Wa^ 
there  when  the  Siatt 
secaeded.  From  Raleigh, 
we  were  sent  to  Rich- 
m  >nd:  stayed  thtre  oiu 
day  and  then  went  to 
Norfolk,  where  we  re 
mained  until  some  time 
in  May.  Frcm  Norfolk 
we  went  to  Rapidan 
River,  then  back  to 
Richmond,  to  get  into 
the  Seven  Day's  fight. 
I  was  slightly  wound 
ed  at  Malvern  Hill,  but 
never  left  Company  A. 
The  next  battle  I  vva; 
in- was  South  Mountain. 
My  Lieutenant,  M.  A. 
Yount,    told     me    if    he 

was  wounded  he  wanied  me  to  care  for  him.  After  hard  tighnng,  he 
was  wounded  in  the  head,  his  skull  being  fi-acturtd.  I  got  help  and 
carried  him  to  where  I  thought  we  were  .^afe.  He  and  I  weie  left  alone 
for  a  short  time.  The  shebs  begin  lo  come  so  thick  and  so  fast  that  I 
did  not  feel  safe  there,  so  I  drug  him  down  the  mouniain  for  al.'out  half 
a  miie  to  where  I  obtamed  help.  I  remained  all  night  with  him.  The 
next  morning  our  army  had  fallen  back,  so  I  got  him  in  a  cart  aud  took 
him  to  Boonesboro,  and  there  I  was  taken  prisoner.  I  fared  very  well. 
Was  there  22  days  and  was  then  exchanged,  being  sent  to  my  command 
at  Staunton. 

On  the  train,  I  was  compelled  to  ride  on  top  of  the  car,  which  caused 
a  severe  case  of  earache,  which  compelled  me  to  go  to  the  Hospital  and 
there  I  ran  into  the  small  pox,  but  luckily,  I  did  not  take  it. 

I  was  sent  to  Fredericksburg;  was  next  in  the  Chancellorsville 
battle,  where  I  was  slightly  wounded,  but  did  not  kave  the  field;  ntxt 
to  Brandy  Station;  from  there  to  Gettysburg,  and  was  badly  wounded 
at  Rock  iPence. 

After  the  army  fell  back,  I  was  taken  prisoner  the  first  night  of 
the  march,  and  for  three  days  'and  two  nights  I  had  nothing  at  al!  to 
eat.  When  I  got  to  Fredrick  e  ity,  Md..  I  was  unable  to  sit  up  for  12 
weeks.  As  soon  as  I  was  able  to  be  up.  I  was  sent  to  Baltimore,  Md., 
and  from  there  •^o  Richmond,  exchanged:  got  a  60  days  furlough  and 
got  home  December  23rd.  When  the  furlough  expired.  I  got  another 
one  for  3i)  days,  and  afterwards,  went  back  to  the  army  and  was  dis- 
charged. I  s"rved  over  three  years  in  active  service  ?nd  never  missed 
roll  call  without  being  accounted  ^or.     I  am  69  yeai's  of  age. 


OF   THE   CIVIL  WHR 


111 


DANIEL  W.  MOOSE 

Daniel  W.  Moose  was 
born  Feb.  16th,  1842, 
and  enlisted  in  Co.  A, 
12ch  N.  C.  Regiment,  on 
April  27th,  1861. 

His  first  battle  was  at 
Ashland  Court  House, 
and  he  was  in  all  of  the 
most  important  engage- 
ments that  the  12th  Reg- 
iment engaged  in,  cross- 
ing the  Potomac  every 
time  Ganeral  Laa  cross- 
ed. He  was  several 
times  wounded,  once  be- 
ing at  the  battle  of 
Chancellorsville,  where 
he  was  wounded  in  the 
left  temple. 

He  was  surrendered  at 
Appomattox.  Like  al- 
most all  of  his  old  com- 
rades, he  came  home 
and  has  made  a  living 
on  the  farm. 


Michael,  Henry,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  died  August  '63. 

Michael,  Pete,  enlisted  March  14,  '62;  died    since  the  war. 

Michael,  L.  D.,  enlisted  April  1,  62;     nothing  obtainable. 

Propst,  Noah,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  living,  a  farmer.  (See 
sketch.) 

Mathis,    Daniel,    enlisted;  died    since    the    war. 

Mathis,  John,  enlisted:  cUecl  since  the  war. 

Propst,  Harvey  enlisted,     no  record. 

Pope,  Elkanah,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  died  since  the  war. 

Pool,  John,  enlisted;  lost  sight   of. 

Perry,  John,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  no  account. 

Turbyfield,  Thomas,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  killed  at  Chancel- 
lorsville. 

Tubyfield,   A.,  died  in  '63. 

Rabb,  Geo.  W.  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  wounded  and  lost 
leg  at   Strawsburg  in  '()4.   (See  sketch.) 


112 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


NOAH  E.  PROPST 

I  enlisted  April  30! h. 
1861,  in  Capt.  T.  W 
Bradburn's  Company, 
which  was  made  Co.  K. 
Second  N.  C.  Regiment, 
Volunteers.  Was  en- 
camjed  near  Norfolk, 
Va..  until  May  1862, 
when  we  left  for  Han- 
over Court  House;  there 
we  had  our  first  experi- 
ence in  a  battle.  The 
next  was  the  battle  of 
Mechanicsville,  Va. ; 

from  there  to  Cold  Har- 
bor; then  to  Malvern 
Hill.  There  we  encamp- 
ed near  the  old  battle 
field  for  several  weeks; 
thence  we  took  up  our 
march  for  Maryland. 

I  took  sick  when  we 
reached  Lowray,  Va., 
and  was  sent  to  the 
hospital ;  joined  the  Com- 
pany   near    Winchester 

after  their  return  from  Maryland.  I  was  in  the  battle  of  Chancellors- 
ville,  in  which  Jackson  was  wounded  and  afterwards  died.  I  was  in  the 
battle  of  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  and  in  a  skirmish  at  Hagerstown,  Md.,  on  our 
return  to  Virginia.  I  was  in  the  battle  near  Spottsylvania,  C.  H.,  and 
was  wounded  May  12th,  '64;  I  then  received  a  furlough  for  60  days,  after 
which  I  rejoined  the  company  at  Winchester,  Va.,  in  August.  Was 
engaged  in  several  skirmishes  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley  during  the  fall 
of  1864. 

We  left  the  Valley  a  few  days  before  Xmas,  passed  through  Rich- 
mond on  Christmas  day  and  encamped  near  Petersburg.  On  the  5th  day 
of  Feb.,  I  was  in  the  battle  of  Hatcher's  Run,  where  we  withstood  17 
assaults  of  the  Federals,  and  held  our  lines  until  evening,  when  we  re- 
treated, having  fought  all  day  in  the  rain,  the  timber  bending  with    ice. 

We  then  spent  about  a  month  on  the  Roanoke  River,  taking  up 
deserters.  On  the  25th  of  March,  we  were  in  a  battle  in  front  of  Peters- 
burg; and  on  the  2nd  of  April,  we  started  on  our  retreat  for  Appomattox, 
C.  H.,  where  we  surrendered,  April  9th,  1865.  I  came  home  after  hav- 
ing spent  four  years,  with  ten  days  exception,  in  the  service  of  the  war. " 

Mr.  Propst  is  one  of  our  best  citizens.  He  is  a  very  young  looking 
man  for  his  age,  and  numbers  his  friends  by  the  score.  May  he  live 
many  more  years. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


113 


GEO.  W.  RABB 

I  enlisted  in  the  first 
company  that  left  the 
County  April  27rh,  1861. 
I  was  with  the  company 
continuously  whose  man 
euverings  may  be  found 
in  other  sketches.  I 
started  in  at  Mechanics 
ville,  and  ended  at  Ma- 
lvern Hill.  In  the  Seven 
Day's,  we  had  thirty 
seven  men  wounded,  bui. 
none  killed  outright. 
Several,  however,  died 
of  their  wounds.  We 
then  went  to  the  valle> 
and  from  there  to  th' 
battle  of  South  Moun 
tain,  and  wound  up  that 
c  impaign at  Shdrpsburj. . 
Here  I  was  impressec 
that  this  battle  was  tht 
greatest  of  the  war.  On 
our  return  to  Virginia, 
I  was  in  all  the    batt  es 

in  which  the  company  engaged  till  at  Chancellorsville,  where  I  was 
wounded  twice,  on  the  same  evening  Jackson  was  killed.  From  this 
battle,  I  received  a  furlough  and  remained  at  home  for  the  summer.  At 
Fredericksburg,  we  had  a  fine  time  with  the  Yankee  pickets.  We  made 
exchanges,  bought  and  sold  little  things.  I  had  many  close  calls,  but  I 
think  the  closest  place  I  ever  was  in  was  at  Spottsylvania  C.  H.  Three 
of  my  company  were  killed,  all  within  four  feet  of  me.  How  I  escaped, 
I  cannot  tell.  I  never  surrendered  but  once;  then  the  Cavalry  was  over 
us,  and  one  had  his  sword  drawn  to  split  my  head,  but  just  before  he 
struck  at  me,  I  fell  to  the  ground,  and  he  hurried  on;  then  I  arose  and 
made  my  escape  back  to  our  lines.  The  grandest  charge  our  Brigade 
ever  made  was  at  the  Wilderness  on  the  evening  of  May  6th,  and  Sept. 
21st,  1864,  where  I  was  wounded,  riding  two  miles  horseback,  with  my 
leg  broken  and  crushed  from  the  knee  down.  I  was  taken  to  the  hospi- 
tal at  Woodstock.  Here  I  remained  until  January,  1865.  While  here, 
the  ladies  of  the  town  prepared  our  rations,  and,  indeed,  they  showed 
their  kindness  and  hospitality  in  giving  us  the  best.  From  Woodstock, 
I  was  discharged,  and  immediately  returned  home.  Taking  all  in  all, 
I  had  many  narrow  escapes,  close  calls,  notwithstanding  all  this,  I 
must  confess  now,  while  old,  I  had  a  lot  of  fun,  and  was  lucky  to  lose 
o.ily  a  leg,  all  of  which  I  thank  my  Heavenly  Father  for. 


114  THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER   OF 

At  Chancellorsville,  I  had  my  first  intimation  of  dread.  In  rear  of 
M.  0.  Sherrill,  I  was  wounded.  The  file  of  the  23rd  re.eiment  was  on 
our  right,  two  being  shot  at  the  same  instant  and  falling  across  each 
other.  I  was  ordered  to  the  r^ar,  already  wounded,  but  I  re-loaded, 
fired  again,  and  was  again  wounded. 

At  Spottsylvania,  C.  H.,  the  enemy  charged  the  breast  works  oc- 
cupied by  an  Alabama  Regiment  and  captured  it  with  great  slaughtei'. 
artillery  and  all.  Johnson's  bridgade  was  ordered  to  retake  it.  Hetock 
it  and  regained  the  artillery.  This  I  regard  the  grandest  charge  of  my 
experience. 

On  the  morning  of  the  12th,  the  enemy  captured  Johnson's  Division, 
and  in  trying  to  recapture  them,  we  got  mixed, —  Dave  Setzer,  Jake 
Dixon,  and  Bill  Bowman  were  all  killed  withm  two  feet  of  me  in  an  in- 
stant; and  in  running  out  of  that  close  place,  the  wind  from  the  bullets 
seemed  to  have  helped  to  blow  me  out.  Ten  days  after,  I  slipped  off 
alone  from  the  company,  so  anxious  to  see  that  lonely,  deserted  spot 
where  fell  so  many  of  my  company.  I  found  our  dead  not  bujied,  and 
among  t?at  tall  timber,  I  did  not  see  a  place  as  big  vis  the  palm  of  my 
hand  that  was  not  scarred  by  balls. 

At  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  near  Sunset,  we  filed  full  length  of 
our  brigade  to  the  right,  charged  the  enemy,  killed  Gen.  Sedgwick,  and 
drove  the  enemy  back.  Being  a  little  lost,  Bill  Cline  and  myself  charged 
a  house  containing  an  officer  and  ten  privates,  capturing  the  whole 
eleven.  The  officer  had  on  a  beautiful  hat  which  had  had  a  hole  shot  in 
it.  Bowman,  coming  up  after  our  capture,  demanded  the  hat.  The 
officer  said:  "Don't  take  it,  please;  I  have  been  married  but  a  short 
while,  and  I  want  to  take  this  hat  back  to  my  wife,  that  she  may  see 
how  near  I  came  losing  my  life."  We  would  not  allow.  Bowman  to  take 
the  hat.     This  shows  there  is  honor  even  on  the  battle  field. 

At  Charleston,  three  of  us  came  in  contact  with  a  company  of  100 
Yankee  Cavalry,  while  we  were  out  on  a  scouting  expedition;  we  fired 
and  dislodged  one;  the  rest  ran  following  them  to  the  river,  putting  33 
to  flight. 

On  the  Rappahannock,  the  river  being  the  dividing  line  between  the 
armies,  we  made  this  mutual  agreement, —not  to  fire  at  each  other, 
unless  giving  due  notice;  we  thus  became  right  familiar  for  enemies;  and 
one  day  they  asked  us  to  come  over  that  night  and  we  would  take  a 
game  of  "Seven  up."  We  did  so,  and  while  we  were  intensely  engaged 
in  a  game,  the  relief  came  around  and  demanded  our  surrender.  The 
old  Guard  said,  "No;  we  invited  them  over,  and  promised  protection, 
and  we  mean  to  see  the  Johnies  back  in  safety";  so  they  did.  Many  in- 
cidents like  these  I  could  give,  but  I  desist." 

Geo.  W.  Rabb  was  one  of  the  bravest  of  the  boys.  He  was  always 
ready  for  any  command.  He  took  up  shoemaking, — one  of  the-  sons  of 
Crispian.  He  pegged  many  and  many  a  shoe  and  made  some  money,  in- 
vesting wisely  in  factory  stock;  and  today,  has  quite  a  competency.  He 
married  soon  after  the  war,  and  is  without  bodily  heirs;  hence,  he  has 
been  a  very  liberal  supporter  of  his  Church  and  denominational  schools. 


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115 


He  has  held  somn  important  County  offices,  and  in  1910-11,  hewaschosen 
by  his  party  to  represent  Catawba  in  the  lower  house  of  the  legislature. 
He  has  made  good  in  both  war  and  peace. 

Travis,  Nelson,  enlisted  April  27,  '01;  died  in  the  West  since 
the  war.      (See  sketch.) 

Rheinhardt,  Robt.  P.,  enlisted  April  27,  '01;  discharged;  (Hed 
since  the   war.      (See   sketch.) 


R.  P.  REINHARDT 

R.  P.  Reinhardt  en- 
listed in  Company  A, 
12th  Regiment  April, 
1861.  He  served  in  the 
Company  for  awhile  and 
hired  a  substitute.  He 
was  one  of  the  few  men 
in  the  county  soon  after 
the  war  that  began 
farming  on  the  "inten- 
sive" plan.  He  also 
introduced  fine  improv- 
ed stock,  and  this  stim- 
ulated the  County  to 
getting  better  cattle, 
sheep  and  hogs.  He, 
during  his  later  life, 
was  appointed  Post 
Master  at  Newton,  N. 
C.     He  died  in  1902. 


Ritzell,  H.  J.,  enlisted  April  27,  '01;  lost  a  leg  July  20  below 
Winchester;   living,   a  farmer,   (See  sketch.) 

Ritzell  A.  A.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  died  since  the  war. 

Rowe,  Lafayette,  enhsted  April  27,  '61;  wounded  at  Gettys- 
burg;    died  since  the  war.     (See  sketch.) 

Rowe,  N.  I.,  enlisted  September  1,  '62;  wounded  at  Chancellors- 
ville;     living,   a  farmer.      (See  sketch.) 

Rowe,  Sidney  H.,  enlisted  June  6,  '01;  transferred  from  23rd 
Regiment;     died  in  the  war.     (See  sketch.) 


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HENRY  J.  REITZEL 

Henry  J.  Reitzel  en- 
listed April  27th,  1861. 
in  Company  A,  12th 
North  Carolina  Regi- 
ment. Was  wounded  at 
Winchester,  July  20th. 
1864,  and  on  his  return, 
with  loss  of  leg,  took 
up  farming,  at  which  he 
made  an  honest  living. 

He  is  now  in  his  70th 
year,  a  hale,  healthy 
man. 

At  the  battle  of 
Spottsylvania  Court 
House,  on  the  night  of 
the  21st  of  May.  he 
heard  groaning  near  by. 
He  went  to  see  what  the 
matter  was,  and  found 
a  Yankee  shot  through 
the  head  with  a  ramrod. 
He  asked  Reitzel  to  pull 
it  out.  and  it  was  so 
diffcult  to  extract  that 
he  had  to  put  his  foot 
upon  his  chest  before  he  could  puli  it  out. 

Robinson.  J.  F..  enlisted  May  27. 
Spottsylvania   Court    House. 

Robinson,  A.,  enlisted  October  16. 
at    Richmond. 

Robinson.  Geo.  W.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61:  died  in  the  war.   ' 

Smyer,  Silas,  enhsted  April  27,  '61;  wounded,  promoted  3rd 
Sergeant;  li\'ing,  a  farmer.    (See  sketch.) 

Sigmon,  J.  C  enlisted  April  27.  '61 :  transferred  to  32nd  Regi- 
ment. 

Sigmon.  J.  E..  enlisted  April  27.  "61 ;  transferred  to  32nd  Regi- 
ment. 

Sigmon.  Albert,  enlisted  April  27.  '61;    living,  a  farmer. 

Sigmon,  Marcus,  Sr..     enlisted  April  27.  '61;  h\nng. 

Sigmon,  Marcus.  Jr.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  died  since  the  war. 

Sigmon,  Wesley,  enli.sted  April  27,  '61 ;  living,  a  farmer. 

Sigmon,  Cahin.  enlisted  October  16,  '61;  wounded  at  Chan- 
cellorsville ;     died  since  the  war. 


"61 :  killed  Mav  10.  '64  at 


61:    died     September  '62 


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117 


DANIEL  LAFAYETTE 
ROWE 

Daniel  Lafayette 
Rowe  was  born  near 
Newton,  N.  C,  Feb.  12, 
1842.  He  enlisted  in 
April,  1861,  as  a  mem- 
ber of  Co.  A.  12th  N.  C. 
rejj^iment,  and  served 
with  fidelity  throughout 
the  war,  being  wounded 
twice.  He  was  a  splen- 
did soldier,  a  progressive 
farmer,  a  good  citizen, 
and  the  father  of  a  large 
family.  He  died  Sept. 
15,  1897. 


Sigmon,  M.  L.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;     living,  a  farmer. 

Sigmon,  Jethro,  enlisted   March   19,   '63;  died  in  the  war. 

Sigmon,   Sylvanus,     enlisted  April  27,   '61;     no  record. 

Sigmon,  Wm.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;     died  since  the     war. 

Sigmon,  Newton,  enlisted  October  16,  '61;  wounded  at  Chan- 
cellorsville ;    living,    a  farmer. 

Shook,  Tobias,  enlisted     April  27,   '61;    died  since    the  war. 

Shook,  Calvin,  enlisted  April  1,  '62;  promoted  3rd  Corporal; 
Uving   in    Newton,    N.    C. 

Shook,    John,  enlisted  April  27,    '61;  dead. 

Shook,  Jacob,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  died  since  the  war. 

Setzer,  Noah,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  died  since  the  war. 

Setzer,  David,  enUsted  April  27,  '61;  died  in  the  West  since 
the  war. 

Setzer,  Jacob,  enUsted  April  1,  '62;  died  since  the  war. 

Smyre,  Geo.  S.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  promoted  5th  Ser- 
geant; wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  and  killed  at  Hagerstown  by  a 
Yankee  Sharpshooter  from  a  window. 


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NOAH    ISAAH  ROWE 


Noah  Isaah  Rowe, 
who  was  born  near 
Newton,  N.  C,  January 
20,  1S28,  enlisted  as  a 
member  of  Company  A, 
12th  N.  C.  Regiment, 
in  April,  1861.  On  May 
3,  1S63,  he  was  wounded 
in  the  battle  of  Chancel- 
lorsvilie.  He  was  taken 
prisoner  on  May  12,  1864 
at  Spottsylvania  Court 
House  and  confined  at 
West  Point  three  months 
when  he  was  removed 
to  the  Federal  Prison  at 
Elmira,  N.  Y.  At  this 
place  he  was  confined 
until  the  close  of  the 
war.  Beginning  empty- 
handed  at  the  close  of 
the  war,  by  untiring 
toil  he  has  acquired  a 
competency;  has  brought 
up  a  large  family,  and 
is  an  honored  citizen  in 

the  community.  For  many  years  he  has  been  an  elder  in  the  Reformed 
Church,  and  is  still  an  active  church  worker.  At  this  time  (1911)  he  is 
still  in  active  life  and  is  possessed  of  excellent  health,  considering  his 
years  and  labors.     He  is  now  in  his  84th  year. 

SIDNEY   HOKE    ROWE 

Sidney  Hoke  Row^e  was  born  near  Newton,  N.  C,  November  23rd, 
1838.  He  enlisted  in  the  fall  of  1861  as  a  member  of  the  company  or- 
ganized by  T.  L.  Lowe.  In  a  short  time  he  was  transferred  to  Company 
A,  in  which  he  had  three  brothers.  He  was  in  active  service  until  May 
12th,  1864,  when  he  was  taken  prisoner  at  Spottsylvania  Court  House. 
He  was  confined  at  Point  Lookout  and  later,  in  company  with  his 
brother  Noah,  was  removed  to  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  where  he  died  December 
20,  1864,  at  the  age  of  27  years.  In  the  strength  and  vigor  of  young 
manhood,  nobly  sacrificing  his  life  for  the  Cause,  he  died,  as  he  said, 
"In  the  triumph  of  Faith." 

Setzer,   Marcus,  enlisted  April  27,   '61;     living. 
Smyre,  L.  Z.,  enlisted  March  4,  '63;  killed  March  25,  '65  at 
Petersburg. 


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119 


SILAS  SiMYRE 

Silas  Smyre  enlisted 
in  Cumpany  A.  12th  N. 
C.  Regiment  volunteers, 
April  27th,  18ol.  He 
was  promoted  Sergeant 
in  the  early  part  of  the 
war,  and  proved  himself 
to  be  one  of  the  most 
efficient  soldiers  of  the 
war.  He  was  one  of 
the  few  of  Company  A 
who  surrendered  at  Ap- 
pomattox Court  House. 
On  his  return  home,  he 
engaged  in  farming  and 
the  manufacture  of  flour. 

He  was  always  a 
quiet,  peacable  and  in- 
dustrious citizen;  and 
by  industry  and  econo- 
my, amassed  quite  a 
fortune.  He  honored 
himself,  his  family  and 
his  country  by  his  up- 
right life.  He  died 
New  Years,  1911. 

ipe,  Jacob,  enlisted  A}>ril  1,  '62;  missino;. 

Sipe,  Noah,  enlisted  April  1,  '62;    living  in  the  west. 

Settlemyre,  D.  S.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;    living. 

Settlemvre,  Allen,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  living.    (See  sketch.) 

Sherrill,  M.  0.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  promoted  1st  Sergeant; 
wounded  May  9,  '64  at  Spottsylvania  Court  House;  leg  amputa- 
ted.    (See  sketch.) 

Sherrill,  John,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  discharged,  living. 

Seaboch,  John,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  wounded  at  Malvern 
Hill;  killed  July  9,  '64  at  Monocacy  River. 
Turner,  Joseph,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  discharged,  since  the  war. 

Turbyfield,  W.  O.,  enhsted  October  14,  '62;  died  April  '63. 

Wilkinson,  J.  M.,  enlisted  August  14,  '61;  wounded  at  Mal- 
vern  Hill. 

Wilkinson,  Hufus,  enlisted  April  1,  '62;  woundcnl  at  Malvern 
Hill;     still  living. 


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A.  M.  SETTLEMYER 

I  enlisted  about  the 
first  of  the  year,  1863, 
at  Orange  Court  House, 
Va.,  in  Company  A,  12th 
N.  C.  Regiment.  I  was 
in  the  battle  of  Spottsyl- 
vania  Court  House,  and 
in  the  battle  of  Hatch- 
er's Run;  also  in  an  en- 
gagement on  the  25th  of 
March,  1865,  in  front  of 
Petersburg,  and  saw 
Jncle  Jonas  Fry  struck 
with  a  shell  on  the  body 
and  torn  to  atoms.  I 
was  on  the  Roanoke 
River  guarding  desert- 
ers prior  to  the  engage- 
ment at  Petersburg.  I 
was  on  the  retreat  from 
Petersburg  to  Appomat- 
tox Court  House.  I  was 
slightly  wounded  on  the 
6th.  I  was  near  Gen. 
Lee  when  he  surrender- 
ed on  the  9th  of  April, 
1865,  and  marched  from  there  home. 

I  began  tilling  the  soil  and  made  quite  a  success  of  it.  I  had  noth- 
ing when  I  came  from  the  war;  I  now  own  a  good  farm  and  some  town 
property. 

Webb,  Curtiss,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  went  to  Florida  since 
the  war. 

Wilkinson,  John,  enlisted  August  14,  '63;  died  since  the  war 
by  electricity. 

Wilfong,  S.  T.,  enlisted  August  27,  '61;  lost  an  arm;  died 
since  the  war.    (See  sketch.) 

Wilfong,  Maxwell,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  died    since  the  war. 

Wilson,  Henry,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  killed  at  Malvern  Hill. 

Wilson,  D.  C,  enlisted  April  27,  '61  ;transf erred  to  32nd  Regi- 
ment;   died  January  1,  1911. 

Whitener,  L.  R.,  enHsted  April  27,  '61;  promoted  Sergeant; 
wounded  at  Gettysburg;  living  in  Hickory,  N.  C.    (See  sketch.) 


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121 


JAMES     A  LBERT 
SHERRILL 

Youngest  child  of 
Hiram  and  Sarah 
Sherrill,  was  born  in 
Catawba  Co.  in  1843. 
In  the  war  of  1861-5  he 
volunteered  in  Co.  A. 
12th  N.  C,  the  same 
Co.  that  his  brother 
Miles  0.  Sherrill, and  his 
nephew  James  F.  Robin- 
son, were  in.  He  was 
in  every  battle  that  his 
Company  was  in  from 
Hanover  Court  House 
and  seven  day  fighting 
below  Richmond,  Va., 
until  the  battle  of  South 
Mountain  in  Md.  in  Sept 
1862.  where  he  sacrifi- 
ctd  his  life.  Alfied 
Sigmon,  a  comrade  now 
living  in  Catawba  Coun- 
ty, who  was  wounded  in 
the  battles  of  South 
Mountain,  Md.  in    1862, 

and  captured,  says  that  Sherrill,  when  the  command  to  fall  back  was 
given,  was  the  last  to  leave  the  line  of  battle,  and  while  firing  a  part- 
ing shot,  was  badly  wounded;  and  when  the  enemy  came  one  of  them 
half  drunk  stood  over  Sherrill,  and  bayonetted  the  poor  fellow  to  death, 
showing  no  mercy  to  the  brave  boy,  but  manifested  a  brute  in  human 
firm.  Sherrill  was  counted  as  one  of  the  bravest  men  in  the  company. 
His  dust  has  been  resting  in  South  Mountain,  Maryland,  since  Sept. 
1862. 

Whitener,  P.  W.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  wounded  at  Gettys- 
burg;   living    in  Hickory.    (See  sketch.) 

White,  Wilson,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  died    since  the  war. 

Yount,  Hosea,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;   died  since  the  war. 

Yount,  Joseph,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;    died  since  the   war. 

Yount,  Sidney  L.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  promoted  Sergeant; 
wounded  at  Malvern  Hill  and  Chancellorsville,  lost  an  arm; 
died  since    the  war.    (See  sketch.) 

Yount,    Elcanah,  enlisted  as  recruit;  died  in  the  war  in     '63. 

Total    183.    (See  sketch.) 


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until  he  lost  his  leg  in 
May  1864.  Sherrill  was 
with  his  command,  and 
in  the  battles  bf^ginning 
at  Hanover  Court 
House,  and  the  seven 
days  fighting  below  Rich- 
mond, Va.,  on  up  to  and 
including  Getty sb  u  rg. 
Pa.,  to  the  time  he  lost 
his  leg  at  the  battle  of 
Spottsylvania  Court 
House,  Va.  May,  1864. 
The  balance  of  the  war 
was  spent  in  prison.  His 
brother  Albert  and  a  ne- 
phew, (Ferdinand  Rob- 
inson) never  returned. 
Miles  O.  Sherrill  married 
Sarah  R.  Bost,  1st  of 
May  1867.     She    was     a 


MILES  OSBORNE 
SHERRILL 
Son  of  Hiram  and 
Sarah  Sherrill,  was  horn 
in  Catawba  county,  July, 
26th.  1841.  He  enlisted 
in  Co.  K.  2nd,  N.  C. 
Volunteers  April,  1861. 
At  the  reorganization  in 
1862,  the  'Catawba  Ri- 
fles" became  Co.  A.  in 
the  12th  N.C.  Regiment. 
In  the  Fall  of  1861,  while 
at  Norfolk,  Va.,  Sherrill 
was  appointed  a  first 
Lieutenant  in  another 
regiment,  but  declined 
to  leave  his  company. 
He  was  appointed  order- 
ly Seargeant,  in  1862, 
which  position    he    held 


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123 


daughter  of  Capt.  Joseph  M.  Bost,  who  was  killed  near  Petersburg,  Va., 
June  1854.  They  have  seven  children.  Sherrill  was  elected  Judge  of 
Probate  &  Clerk  of  Superior  court  of  Catawba  <.'ounty  in  1868,  and  serv- 
ed fourteen  years.  In  1882  he  was  elected  to  the  Legislature  and  was 
elected  to  the  Senate  of  N.  C.  in  1885  and  again  in  1893.  In  1899  he  was 
elected  State  Librarian  which  position  he  now  holds. 


JOHN  A.  SHERRILL 

John  A.  Sherrill  en- 
listed in  the  first  com- 
pany organized  in  Ca- 
tawba county,  April 
1861,  and  surrendered 
with  Gen.  Lee's  army, 
April  9,  1865.  During 
this  time  he  was  never 
-in  the  hospital  iicr  in 
prison,  but  was  in  active 
service  all  the  time,  ex- 
cept two  months  which 
he  spent  at  home  on  a 
furlough,  recovering 
from  a  wound. 

Mr.  Sherrill  did  duty 
at  Norfolk  during  the 
first  year  of  the  war. 
When  Norfolk  was  eva- 
cuated he,  with  his  regi- 
ment, (the  Second  North 
Carolina  Volunteers  ), 
was  transferred  to  the 
army  of  Northern  Vir- 
ginia. 

He    was     severely 
wounded  at  Hanover  Junction  in  May,  1862.     After  recovering  from  this 
wound,  he  rejoined  his  regiment  at  Richmond  and  did  service  in  Virginia 
for  the  remainder  of  the  war. 

He  was  in  the  Marylaiwl  campaign  in  1862.  In  the  spring  of  1863,  he 
was  detailed  as  courier  to  Gen.  Iverson  and  served  in  this  capacity  dur- 
ing the  Gettysburg  campaign,  and  to  the  end  of  the  war. 

He  did  service  in  Early's  campaign,  in  the  valley  of  Virginia,  in 
1864,  and  returned  with  Early's  command  to  the  army  of  Northern  Vir- 
ginia in  the  fall  of  that  year  in  time  to  take  part  in  the  engagement  at 
Hatcher's  run.  Dui'ing  this  engagement,  he  saddled  his  horse  Sunday 
morning  at  sunrise  and  did  not  unsaddle  him  until  Wednesday  night. 
During  these  four  days  and  three  nights,  he  was  in  his  saddle  more  than 
half  the  time  amid  a  constant  downpour  of  sleet  and  rain. 


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After  the  surrender  he  returned  to  his  native  connty  and  has  proven 
an  honored  and  useful  citizen. 

He  served  as  county  Commissioner  from  1894  to  1896,  and  as  County 
Treasurer  from  1900  to  19(>4.  He  was  also  appointed  to  fill  out  the  un- 
expired term  of  Dr.  W.  E.  Wilson  on  the  County  Board  of  Education. 

Mr.  Sherrill  is  still  living,  and  is  in  fine  physical  condition,  consider- 
ing his  age. 

LEROY    ROBINSON 
WHITENER 

Leroy  Robinson  White- 
ner,  a  veteran  of  the 
army  of  Northern  Vir- 
ginia, was  bom  in  Cat- 
awba County,  N.  C 
Nov.  27th,  1837,  a  de- 
scendant of  Henry  Weid- 
ner,  the  first  white  set- 
tler of  the  County.  He 
entered  the  Confederate 
service  April  2Tth,  1S61. 
as  a  private  in  the  2nd 
regiment  of  volunteers. 
under  Col.  Williams, 
later  known  as  the  12tr. 
R^ment.  The  reg- 
ment  was  organized  be- 
fore the  Stare  seceede : 
and  he  was  in  Raleij: 
at  the  time  of  the  seces- 
sion. 

During  his  first  year's 
duty  in  Virginia  he  was 
a  witness  of  the  Naval 
encounter   between    the 

Merrimac  and  Monitor,  and  after  the  evacuation  of  Norfolk,  he  fought 
in  the  Seven  Days'  banle  before  Richmond.  After  the  victory  at  Sec- 
ond Manassas  came  the  celebrated  fight  of  his  brigade  at  South  Moim- 
tain.  He  fought  at  Fredricksburg;  was  near  the  spot  where  General 
Jackson  was  mortally  wounded  at  Chancelk)rsville.  and  at  Gettysburg 
shared  the  gallant  service  of  Rodes'  division  nntil  he  was  wounded  and 
captured  by  the  enemy. 

He  was  held  but  a  few  weeks  at  David's  Island  and  then  paroled. 
Upon  his  exchange,  in  October  following,  he  rejoined  his  regiment,  and 
in  1864  was  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  Spottyslvania  Court  House, 
and  Cold  Harbor:  was  with  Early  at  the  battle  of  Mondcacy  and  the 
demonstration  against  Washington  Citv".  and  in  the  fall  took  part  in  the 
desperate  struggle  against  Sheridan's  superior   numbers  at  Winchester 


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and  Cedar  Creek.  He  fought  in  the  Petersburg  trenches;  was  in  the 
battle  of  Hatcher's  Run  and  other  engagements,  and  upon  the  retreat 
to  Appomattox,  was  surrendered  with  the  remnant  of  the  glorious  old 
army. 

In  addition  to  his  wound  at  Gettysburg,  he  was  slightly  wounded  at 
Cold  Harbor  and  Hatcher's  Run. 

Coming  back  to  his  old  home  he  engaged  in  farming.  Since  1887  he 
has  lived  in  Hickory,  where  he  is  engaged  in  business. 

He  has  had  a  prominent  career  as  a  public  official;  eight  years  as 
County  commissioner,  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Alderman,  elder  in 
the  Reformed  church,  twice  Mayor  of  the  City,  six  years  a  director  of 
the  State  Hospital  at  Morganton  and  representative  of  the  County  in 
the  legislature  for  two  terms.  He  is  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  U.  S. 
Commissioner. 

He  was  married  January  12th.  1866,  to  Miss  Martha  J.  Shuford, 
with  whom  he  lived  happily  until  her  death,  February  3rd,  1896.  He 
was  married  again  June  22nd,  1897,  to  Miss  Alice  Ingold  Murrill. 

Speaking  of  his  experience,  Mr.  Whitener  said: 

"J  walked  all  the  way  home  from  Appomattox  Court  House,  being  on 
the  way  I  reached  the  home  of  my  sister,  Mrs.  Eli  Rhyne,  dirty, 
ragged  and  foot-sore.  She  said,  '"What  will  you  do  for  clothes?"  There 
were  no  stores,  and  there  was  no  money  to  pay,  if  there  had  been.  I 
said,  "I  don't  know  what  I  will  do;"  then  sister  said,  "I  have  a  little 
cotton,  a  little  wool  and  a  little  bacon;  you  go  to  see  Millie  Reese  and 
tell  her  I  will  pay  her  in  bacon  if  she  will  come  here  and  spin  yarn  to 
make  a  suit."  Millie  came;  the  cotton  and  wool  were  carded  together 
and  spun  and  wove,  making  grey  mixed  cloth.  My  sister  made  the  suit 
and  then  I  started  out  to  have  a  good  time. ' ' 

PETER  WILFONG  WHITENER 

Peter  Wilfong  Whitener,  in  April  1861,  enlisted  in  the  first  company 
organized  in  Catawba  County— Company  "A",  12th.  Regiment,  N.  C. 
Volunteers.  As  a  soldier,  he  performed  every  service  faithfully  and 
bravely.  He  was  in  many  battles.  In  the  "Seven  Days  Battle"  around 
Richmond,  on  June  27th,  '62,  he  was  wounded.  While  thus  wounded  he 
was  given  a  furlough,  and  during  his  stay  home,  he  married  Miss  Kate 
Shuford,  who  proved  to  be,  not  only  a  faithful  and  loving  companion  and 
mother,  but  a  model,  consecrated,  Christian  worker,  whose  unshakened 
faith  in  God's  word  was  her  ever  ready  weapon  in  every  battle  of  life 
from  which  she  came  out  more  than  conqueror. 

When  able  he  returned  to  his  post  in  the  army  and  on  the  battle  field, 
and  performed  every  duty  with  that  distinction  of  faithfulness  that  has 
ever  characterized  him  in  every  sphere  of  life.  In  the  battle  of  Gettys- 
burg, on  July  1st,  1863,  he  was  so  badly  wounded  in  the    knee    that   his 


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THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 


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leg  had  to  be  amputated 
thus  putting  him  on 
crutches  for  life. 

As  soon  as  able,  on 
November  27.  1S63,  he 
came  home,  and  he  and 
his  faithful  companion 
began  life  together  on 
their  farm  on  South 
Fork  river.  With  in- 
dustry and  good  manage- 
ment, they  made  farm- 
ing a  great  success.  Tu 
this  union  were  bon- 
seven  children,  four 
daughters  and  thre<r 
sons,  of  whom  two  sons 
and  two  daughters  are 
still  living. 

About  five  and  one- 
half  years  ago.  he  sold 
his  well  improved  and 
valuable  farm,  and  mov- 
ed to  Hickory.  About 
two  years  thereafter, 
death  entered  his  hom<r 
and  took  from  him  his 
beloved  companion.  Since  then,  he  makes  his  home  principally  with  his 
two  devoted  daughters,  Mrs.  J.  F.  Abernethy,  and  Mrs.  W.  G.  Shell. 
This  noble  veteran  is  now  in  his  T2d  year.  Owing  to  his  age  and 
weight,  he  is  unable  to  be  out  only  as  he  is  carried  In  a  rolling  chair. 

No  man  has  more  friends  than  he.  and  none  deserve  more  than  he. 
Though  he  was  always  ready  to  do  his  part  in  everj-  feature  of  active 
life,  yet  with  the  same  good  judgement  and  faith  in  the  goodness  of  God. 
he  is  fully  resigned  to  his  present,  inactive  state.  In  this,  his  last  battle 
of  life,  he  is  brave  and  cheerful,  feeling  assured  that  when  the  summons 
comes  and  he  answers  the  roll  call  above,  the  Captain  of  his  salvation 
will  say:  "Well  done  thou  good  and  faithful  servant:  enter  thou  into 
the  joys  of  thy  Lord." 

SIDNEY  L.    YOUNT 

Catawba  countj-  sent  no  braver  or  better  man  or  nwre  loyal  soldier 
to  the  Virginia  firing  line  than  Sidney  L.  Yount.  He  went  as  a  volunter 
in  Company.  Twenty-third  Regiment,  Captain  M.  L.  McCorkle,  and 
was  among  the  first  to  leave  for  the  battlefield.  At  Chancellorsville  he 
lost  his  left  arm  and  thus  incapacitated  for  further  duty,  he  was  returned 
home. 

Following  the  war  he  taught  school,  and  a  well-known    citizen    has 


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127 


written  of  him  that  he  "took  his  first  lesson  in  the  old  blue  back  speli.-r 
from  him  and  h.is  never  lost  that  admiration  for  the  man  that  was  form- 
ed in  th-  old  log  school  house." 

In  1878  Mr.  Yount  was  elected  sheriff  of  Catawba  county  and  served 
continuously  in  that  capacity  for  a  decade.  If  he  was  biave  on  the  field 
of  battle,  he  was  faithful  as  a  civil  officer,  and  withal  considerate  and 
merciful  to  those  who  in  the  course  of  his  duties  as  sheriff  he  found  in 
distress.  In  fact,  as  has  been  often  said,  he  was  too  tender-hearted, 
too  generous,  for  the  place.  Rather  than  force  payment  of  taxes  in 
those  hard  times,  he  paid  the  tax  himself.  His  broad  sympathies  had 
much  to  do  with  his  finan- 
cial disaster.  Honest  as 
the  day,  hs  surrendered 
everything  to  his  credi- 
tors. He  came  out  of 
this  a  poor  man,  but 
bore  himself  with  char- 
acteristic fortitude,  and 
although  a  crippled 
soldier,  he  endeavored 
to  labor  on. 

Under  the  last  admini- 
stration of  President 
Cleveland  he  held  a  posi- 
tion in  the  revenue  ser- 
vice and  it  caused  no 
surprise  among  those 
who  knew  him  when  it 
was  started  that  he 
made  a  record  that  show- 
ed him  to  be  one  of  the 
best  men  in  the  service. 
"Sheriff"  Yount  as 
the  public  knew  him, 
"Sid"  as  his  war  com- 
rades called  him,  has 
been  desci'ibed  as  "one 
of  Nature's  noblemen.  He  was  one  of  those  quiet,  good-hearted,  gener- 
ous men  who  always  command  admiration.  Generous  he  was,  to  a  fault 
and  tender-hearted  as  a  woman,  yet  he  could  be  stern  on  occasion,  and 
when  duty  demand  it,  he  was. 

He  passed  away  on  July  12,  1899,  being  58  years  and  five  months 
of  age,  having  been  born  February  12,  1841.  He  was  a  son  of  the  late 
Franklin  A.  Yount,  and  married  Miss  Belle  Fox,  a  daughter  of  the  late 
Rev.  Albert  J.  Fux,  of  Lincoln  county,  a  Lutheran  minister  widely  known. 
His  family  nu-nbered  seven  children:  Miss  Clara  Yount,  Mrs.  Lucy 
Witherspoon,  Mr.  Zeb  H.  Yount,  Miss  Maude  Yount,  Mrs.  George  F. 
Coihran,  Mr.  Floyd  E.  Yount  and  Mrs.  Grace  Haendiges. 


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THE   CATA'^'^A    SOLDIER 


D.  F.  MOOSE 
D.  F  Moose  en  listed 
in  Company  A  12th  Reg^- 
:m.enc.  in  1861.  He  was 
sroonded  at  Chaneellors- 
■rille.  and  wa~  afterwards 
shot  rwiee  throag:h  the 
rat— two  very  namiw 
-icapes.  He  engaged  in 
rarming  on  his  retorn, 
±nd  has  made  a  Irrfng 
:herebv.  He  is  now  68 
'ears  old-  He  is  a  g-ood 
r.zizen^  an  industrioas 
-  --      i"i    a    friend  to 


ELCANAH  TOUNT 

Elcanah  Yottnt  was 
bom  March  9th.  ISi  5 
He  j*ined  Co.  A  12th 
Rezin  e  it,  and  took  an 
active  part  in  all  the 
battles  of  his  rejimeit. 
He  died  at  Charlottes- 
ville, Va..  being  39  years 
old.  This  honcr  is  con- 
ferred npon  him  ty  his 
son,  blowing  his  esteem 
for  a  noixle  father. 


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129 


JAMES  FERINAND  ROBINSON 
Son  of  Marion  and  Margaret  Robinson  was  born  in  Catawba  county 
N.C.  in  1842.  He  enlisted  in  Co.  K.  2nd  N.  C.  volunteers  in  1861.  At 
the  reorganization  inthe  Co.  was  made  Co.  12th  N.  C.  Regiment, 
Robinson  was  with  the  company  never  failing  to  be  at  the  post  of  duty. 
He  was  killed  at  Spottsylvania  Court  House  Va.,  May  the  12th,  1864. 
Robinson  wrote  with  a  pencil  (while  in  line  of  battle)  to  his  father,  say- 
ing: "Uncle  Miles  O  Sherrill  was  killed  on  yesterday'^';  poor  boy;  his 
uncle  got  back  to  read  his  letter;  though  46  years  have  gone  by,  the 
uncle  is  living,  while  his  nephew  has  been  in  the  ground  over  46  years; 
such  is  war.  Robinson  was  a  brave  soldier;  he  was  admirtd  for  his  wit 
and  humor;  he  could  not  be  excelled  along  that  line. 


JOHN  HOSEA  YOUNT 

John  Hosea  Yount  was  born  May  27th,  1828.  He  was  married  to 
Cynthia  Killian,  Feb.  19th,  1868.     He  died  May  26th,  1888. 

Mr.  Yount  was  a  good  soldier.  He  was  never  on  extra  duty  for 
disobedience.  He  indeed  served  his  country  well.  After  the  close  of  the 
war,  he  returned  home  and  made  a  success  at  farming,  and  on  his  death, 
left  his  widow  and  two  children, — one  son  and  a  daughter, —in  easy 
financial  circumstances. 


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THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 


PATRICK  R.  CLINE 

Patrick  R.  Cline  en- 
listed April  27,  1861  in 
Co.  A  12th  N.  C.  Regi- 
ment. He  served  in  the 
company  up  to  the  bat- 
tle of  Malvern  Hill, 
where  he  was  wounded, 
He  survived  the  war, 
cami  home  and  engag 
ed  in  the  mercantile 
haziness.  He  d'ed  since. 
H^  was  a  loyal  citiztn 
of  CatawLa. 


MILES  YOUNT 

Miles  Yount  served  as 
1st  Lieutenant  in  Com- 
pany A,  12th  Regiment. 
(See  sketch  under  list 
of  officers. ) 


OF   THE   CIVIL  WHR  131 

CO.  F.  23rd  N.  C.  TROOPS 

By  P.  A.  HoYLE 

In  presenting  this  sketch  of  Co.  F.  23rd  regiment  N.  C. 
T.,  the  author  will  not  attempt  a  recital  of  all  the  brave  acts, 
heroic  deeds  and  faithful  services  already  known  and  acc- 
redited to  them.  A  record  of  the  names  alone  will  fill  the 
space  allotted  and  a  recital  of  their  marches  and  battles;  their 
wounds  and  sufferings;  their  willing  sacrifice  and  patient 
endurace  would  demand  a  more  accurate  knowledge,  more 
time  and  more  ability,  than  the  author  can  command. 

He  can  only  hope  that  this  imperfect  sketch  will  inspire 
and  stimulate  in  the  hearts  of  each  survivor  a  desire  for  con- 
tinued and  increasing  patience  in  the  sacrifices,  sufferings 
and  battles  that  are  yet  to  come,  and  that  it  will  help  to  per- 
petuate in  the  memories  of  their  relatives  and  friends  and 
their  descendants,  this  fact;  that  Co.  F.  did  its  duty  to  itself, 
to  the  state  and  to  the  Confederacy,  and  did  it  nobly. 

From  beginning  to  ending,  there  were  enrolled  146  men. 
They  were  representative  men  of  their  day  and  time-the 
true  yeomanry  of  their  country.  Of  this  146-30  are  living; 
35  died  of  disease  while  in  service;  36  have  died  since  the 
war;  36  different  ones  were  wounded.  29  were  killed  in  bat- 
tle, and  17  were  prisoners  of  war.  Two  of  the  boys  were 
killed  in  the  last  battle  fought,  and  two  others  died  on  their 
way  from  prison  to  their  homes.  The  company  was  gotten 
up  by  Capt.  M.  L.  McCorkle  and  the  organization  was  per- 
fected on  the  6th  day  of  June  1861,  when  commissions  were 
issued  as  follows;  M.  L.  McCorkle,  Capt;  Jacob  H.  Miller, 
1st  Leutenant;  M.  L.  Helton,  2nd  Leutenant;  R.  A.  Cobb, 
3rd  Leutenant;  L.  D.  Wilkie,  1st  Searg't.,  H.  H.  Thornton, 
2nd  Seargent;  J.  M.  Leonard  3rd  Seargent;  Jno.  M.  Prunes, 
4th  Seargent;  Peter  A.  Link  1st  Corporal;  D.  M.  McCorkle, 
2nd  Corporal;  Eli  F.  Rink  3rd  Corporal  and  Sidney  H.  Rowe 
4th  Corporal. 

With  the  organization,  the  company  was  pushed  to  the 
front  with  the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia,  near    Mannasas 


132  THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER   OF 

Junction.  It  was  first  known  as  Co.  F.  13th  Reg't  of  Volun- 
teers, but  in  the  final  adjustment,  became  Co.  F.  23rd  Regt, 
of  State  Troops,  and  was  commanded  by  Col.  Jno.  F.  Hoke. 

The  company  camped  near  Manassas  during  the  fall  and 
winter  of  1861,  and  while  there,  several  of  the  most  robust 
men  succumbed  to  attacks  of  typhoid  fever.  In  the  opening 
of  the  campaign,  1862,  the  command  was  transfered  to  the 
penninsula,  and  shared  the  hardships  and  victories  that  usu- 
ally attended  the  Army  of  Lee. 

The  first  general  engagement  in  which  the  company  took 
part  is  know^n  as  the  battle  of  Williamsburg.  From  that  time 
on  until  after  the  battle  of  Seven  Pines,  and  the  Seven  Days 
Fight,  the  fighting  was  almost  continous  and  Co.  F.  was  at 
its  post.  During  the  battles,  seven  of  our  best  boys  were 
killed  and  wounded.  The  company  was  with  the  command, 
and  participated  in  all  the  marches  and  battles  through 
which  the  brave  commanders  led  it.  Specific  battles  in  which 
the  company  fought,  and  heroic  deeds  they  performed,  will 
be  seen  by  reference  to  the  individual  historical  sketches 
that  follow  this  recital.  The  official  rank  of  the  company, 
as  well  as  the  private,  had  been  thinned  by  battles,  sickness 
or  resignation,  and  on  May  10,  1862,  Jacob  H.  Miller  became 
Captain  of  the  company;  Thomas  W.  Wilson,  2nd  Leutenant, 
and  G.  P.  Clay,  3rd  Lieutenant.  At  a  later  date,  not  now 
remembered,  other  officers  were  elected  and  official  changes 
made.  W.  D.  Eckard,  A.  G.  Piopst,  W.  T.  Warlick,  W.  L. 
Killian  and  A.  A.  Shuford  became  non-commissioned  officers 
in  the  company.  And  in  this  connection,  I  will  state  a  fact 
not  recorded  in  our  rosters  or  histories-that  A.  A.  Shuford 
and  W.  L.  Killian  were  elected  Lieutenants  in  the  company, 
but  never  served  in  that  capacity,  both  having  been  captured 
before  they  received  their  commission.  It  is  known  to  all 
the  survivors  of  the  company  that  W.  C.  Wall  of  Granville 
county  commanded  Co.  F.  for  a  time  by  virtue  of  his  appoint- 
ment by  Col.  Christie.  This  was  done  under  the  protest  of 
our  ranking  officer,  Lieutenant  Wilson.  I  mention  this,  not 
that  any  of  the  company  disliked  Mr.  Wall,  for  he  was  a 
brave,  good  man,  but  to  show  Lieutenant  Wilson's  regard 
for  the  rights  and  wishes  of  his  men.  Lieutenant  Wilson 
would  not  recognize  Mr.  Wall  as  an  officer  in   the    company. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  133 

and  absolutely  refused  to  sign  Mr.  Wall's  name  to  any  official 
report  or  document  he  was  required  to  make.  The  Col,  put 
Lieutenant  Wilson  under  arrest,  and  during  the  campaign  of 
1864  he  followed  his  company  and  suffered  with  them,  but 
carried  no  sword,  and  commanded  no  men  until  just  previous 
to  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness  and  Spottsylvania  Court 
House.  The  company  was  greatly  bereft  and  grieved  when 
on  May  10  1864,  Wilson  was  stricken  down,  just  two  years 
after  he  was  commissioned.  On  that  same  evening.  Serge- 
ant Warlick  was  also  killed.  Besides  these,  Abel  Yoder  and 
his  son.  Bob,  were  killed  and  buried  in  the  same  grave.  In 
the  campaign  into  Maryland,  and  Pennsylvania,  the  com- 
pany was  ever  found  at  its  post  ready  for  duty.  Many  of 
the  boys  were  killed  wounded  or  captured.  Capt.  Helton 
and  his  brother,  Frank  were  captured.  The  Capt.  was  taken 
to  Johnson's  Island  and  Frank  to  Point  Lookout.  Both  died 
in  prison. 

The  company  returned  to  Virginia,  crippled  and  reduced 
in  number,  but  buoyant  in  spirit.  The  company  entered 
camp  near  Kelly's  Ford,  and  hoped  for  rest  and  peace  during 
the  winter;  but  the  enemy  soon  appeared  on  the  opposite  side 
of  the  river  and  it  was  manifest  that  a  battle  must  soon  be 
fought.  This  occured  the  latter  part  of  October  1863.  The 
company  had  just  drawn  a  ration  of  fresh  beef,  and  it  was 
in  process  of  cooking  when  a  shell  from  the  enemy's  guns 
came  whistling  over  our  quarters. 

The  raw  beef  and  the  water  in  which  it  was  cooking 
were  divided  and  distributed  among  the  men  just  before  or- 
ders came  to  pack  up  and  fall  into  line.  Some  of  the  boys 
ate  the  meat  and  drank  the  broth  alloted  to  them,  and  some 
dropped  their  meat  into  their  haversacks.  I  left  my  allot- 
ment of  broth  in  a  tin  can  under  a  pine  pole  bunk  which  we 
had  built  that  day.  We  were  soon  in  full  view  of  the  enemy 
and  under  the  range  of  his  guns,  but  were  on  the  reserve 
line.  Late  in  the  evening,  we  returned  to  our  quarters  with 
orders  to  be  ready  to  march  at  a  moments  notice.  We  found 
our  quarters  in  tact,  except  that  the  chimney  of  one  house 
had  been  demolished  by  a  shell,  but  my  can  of  beef  tea  was 
missing.  We  slept  on  our  arms  until  about  midnight  when 
we  were  ordered  to  move  hastily  but  quietly.     We  continued 


134  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

the  march  all  night  and  through  the  next  day  till  late  in  the 
night  when  we  crossed  the  river  and  camped  the  balance  of 
the  night.  All  were  wet  and  cold,  having  waded  the  river. 
On  making  a  light,  we  found  ourselves  in  an  old  field  almost 
surrounded  by  pines  and  cedars  that  had  been  cut  and  piled 
so  as  to  make  a  wind  break  for  troops  and  horses  that  had 
recently  left  that  place.  The  wind  break  was  fired  and  very 
quickly,  we  had  the  biggest,  the  hottest  and  the  most  hearti- 
ly welcomed  fire  I  ever  saw.  From  the  wet  clothes  of  the 
bog,  a  great  smoke  ascended  like  unto-well  it  was  a  sight. 
All  were  soon  comfortable  and  in  sound,  sweet  sleep.  The 
company  moved  the  next  day  a  short  distance  up  the  river 
and  struck  camp.  Again,  we  built  quarters  but  occupied 
them  for  only  a  short  time.  During  our  stay  here,  we  did 
guard  duty  along  the  river  with  our  enemy  in  full  view  on 
the  other  side.  We  frequently  would  converse  and  exchange 
products  with  our  blue-coated  fellow  guards.  A  field  of  nice 
corn  lay  between  the  lines  and  agreements  were  entered 
into  that  pretty  nearly  divided  the  corn  between  the  two 
governments.  Here  I  ate  my  only  mess  of  lye  homing  dur- 
ing my  soldier  life.  Rations  were  exceedingly  scarce  during 
this  time,  but  before  all  of  our  houses  were  completed,  we 
drew  a  ration  of  fine  bacon— regular  fat  back.  One  of  our 
boys,  a  very  hearty  fellow,  determined  to  fry  his  three  days 
ration  of  fat  back  and  enjoy  one  square  meal.  Accordingly, 
he  secured  a  canteen  frying  pan  (which  was  simply  one  half 
of  a  canteen  with  a  split  stick  slipped  over  the  edge  for  a 
handle),  and  in  this  he  carefully  placed  the  tempting  slices 
of  fat  back.  Holding  it  gently  over  the  fire,  the  savory  oder 
soon  filled  the  air,  and  the  recital  of  it  to-day,  47  years  later, 
makes  my  mouth  water.  The  fat  back  was  almost  wholely 
converted  into  *'sop"— just  the  article  he  desired.  His  square 
meal  was  almost  ready.  We  frequently  forgot  to  say  grace 
or  even  to  take  off  our  hats  before  eating  in  those  days. 
This  comrade  did,  I  know,  on  this  occassion.  Placing  the 
precious  meal  before  him.  he  sat  down,  and  as  he  thought, 
to  get  up  satisfied,  and  prepare  to  go  in  the  strength  of  the 
meat  at  least  three  days.  Now,  the  top  of  his  hat  was  shaped 
very  much  like  the  bottom  of  his  frying  pan.  A  gentle  in- 
nocent little  breeze  just  lifted  his  hat  and  sat  it  down  square- 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  135 

ly  in  the  midst  of  that  square  meal.  On  removing  the  hat, 
it  was  found  that  the  "sop"  was  gone  andthe  pan  "sapped." 
The  air  was  blue  and  sulphurous  around  that  comrades  head 
for  some  minutes,  after  this  mishap,  but  his  hat  always  re- 
minded us  of  the  fat  back  and  the  square  meal. 

The  winter  quiet  of  our  camp  was  rudely  disturbed  by 
Gen.  Wade  when  he  began  his  Mine  Run  campaign  in  the 
latter  part  of  November  1863.  Being  on  guard  duty  when 
the  first  gun  of  that  campaign  was  fired,  some  of  the  com- 
pany waa  not  permitted  to  return  to  the  camp,  but  at  once 
followed  the  command  in  its  marches  through  that  intensely 
cold  December.  Our  company  perhaps  fared  better  than 
most  of  the  commands,  as  we  were  placed  between  the  lines 
of  battle  as  a  support  to  our  sharp-shooters.  Our  location 
was  in  an  old  pine  field  just  below  and  behind  the  brow  of  a 
hill.  The  trees  and  the  hill  greatly  shielded  us  from  the  cold 
winds  and  freezing  rain  as  well  as  from  the  wild  bullets  from 
the  picket  lines. 

A  flock  of  sheep  was  ranging  between  the  lines  of  the 
sharp-shooters  and  after  some  private  negotiations,  small 
parts  of  both  armies  engaged  mutton  chops.  We  were  in  no 
general  engagement  during  those  days,  and  in  a  few  days, 
we  w^ere  moved  back  on  the  main  line  and  found  apparently 
impregnable  breast  works  that  had  been  built  while  we  were 
at  the  front.  The  trenches  had  been  dug  during  the  cold 
rain  and  the  dirt  had  frozen  as  it  was  thrown  up  so  that  the 
work  appeared  as  hard  as  stone,  and  on  top  of  these  large, 
heavy  logs  extended  the  full  length  of  the  line,  with  space 
between  the  dirt  and  the  logs  for  our  rifles  to  be  used,  and 
along  the  line  at  about  80  yards  of  each  other,  cannons  had 
been  placed.  Many  of  the  boys  were  heard  to  say,  "we 
are  ready  now  and  wish  Meade  would  advance."  Very  soon 
he  did,  but  he  was  retreating,  and  we  were  content  to  follow 
him  in  haste.  In  passing  through  the  deserted  Federal  camp, 
we  saw  many  discarded  horses,  and  one  poor  fellow  hanging 
to  the  limb  of  a  tree.  We  made  no  halt  and  no  investigation 
as  to  cause  of  changing.  That  hard  days  march,  capturing 
some  stragglers,  plunder,  etc  closed  our  activities  for  the 
winter,  and  we  were  marched  to  a  point  about  seven  miles 
east  of  Orange  Court  House,  and  again  built  winter  quarters. 


136  THE   CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

Sometime  during  the  winter  or  early  spring,  our  regiment 
was  detached  and  sent  over  to  Hanover  Junction  for  guard 
duty.  We  went  into  good  quarters  ah-eady  built  and  remain- 
ed there  until  the  active  campaign  of  1864  began  in  the 
Wilderness.  At  Hanover  we  had  a  good  time  for  Confeder- 
ate soldiers.  The  guard  duty  was  not  heavy  and  we  did  little 
else.  We  were  at  a  junction  of  two  railroads  only  26  miles 
from  Richmond,  and  could  occassionally  visit  the  capital  city. 
Taylorsville  church  was  right  near  our  camp,  and  we  fre- 
quently attended  service  there  and  came  in  contact  with 
many  good  citizens  of  the  Old  Dominion.  Soon  after  we 
came  here,  we  were  delighted  by  the  roving  and  rooting 
through  the  camp  of  a  litter  of  beautiful  fat  pigs  weighing 
about  60  or  a  hundred  pounds  each,  gross  weight.  The 
owner  knew  something  of  a  soldier's  fondness  for  pork  and 
he  soon  appeared  in  the  camp  hunting  his  pigs.  He  was  so 
kind  and  his  pigs  so  pretty  that  the  officers  and  privates 
seemed  anxious  to  assure  him  that  his  pigs  should  not  be 
hurt.  I  think  this  man's  name  was  Baker  and  he  said; 
"troops  from  N.  C.  camped  here  some  time  ago  and  they 
appropriated  a  similiar  lot  of  my  pigs,  and  I  fear  to  trust 
you."  But  he  did  trust  us  and  so  far  as  I  know,  his  pigs 
never  entered  any  part  of  the  Confederate  Army.  Mr.  Baker 
had  some  girls,  too,  and  they  were  as  pretty  about  home  and 
at  church  as  the  pigs  were  about  the  camp.  Our  boys  who 
wore  the  stars  or  bars  said,  this  was  true,  and  they  deter- 
mined to  save  the  pigs. 

When  the  campaign  of  1864  opened,  we  left  Hanover 
Court  House  on  the  2nd.  or  3rd  day  of  May  and  went  into 
battle  on  the  evening  of  the  5th.  On  the  6th,  7th  and  8th, 
we  marched  and  skirmished  in  the  Wilderness  and  near 
Spottsylvania,  On  the  9th,  our  brigade,  under  R.  D.  John- 
son, charged  what  was  said  to  be  a  squad  of  cavalry,  but  in 
truth  was  a  whole  Federal  Army  corps.  We  were  flanked 
and  driven  back,  but  not  with  a  heavy  loss.  On  the  10th  we 
were  again  in  battle,  being  taken  in  from  a  reserve  after  the 
Confederate  main  line  had  been  broken.  As  we  approached 
the  firing  line,  we  saw  Gen.  Lee  and  heard  that  little  dia- 
logue recorded  in  history  that  closes  with  these  words:  "Lee 
to  the  rear. "     That  evening,  the    armies    fought    at    short 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  137 

range,  and,  in  many  places,  bayonets  and  clubbed  guns  were 
used.  The  Federals  were  driven  back  and  our  line  retakeh, 
but  not  without  serious  loss.  Four  of  our  company  were 
killed  on  the  field,  as  has  been  previously  mentioned. 

On  retiring  from  the  field  to  our  reserve  camp,  we  again 
passed  Gen.  Lee  and  he  was  complimenting  the  passing 
troops.  "Go  rest,  my  brave  boys,  you  have  saved  my  army 
to-day,"  were  the  words  we  heard  him  speak,  and  they  will 
ever  be  treasured  as  a  rich  legacy  from  this  good  and  great 
man.  On  the  11th,  our  company  was  not  in  battle,  but  it 
was  a  day  of  bitter  experience.  Still  on  the  reserve  line  and 
in  a  position,  as  we  thought,  well  protected,  we  were  on  the 
exact  spot  about  which  many  spent  and  half  spent  balls  from 
a  distant  howitzer  found  lodging.  We  dug  and  scratched 
holes  in  which  to  protect  ourselves,  and,  in  one  instance, 
only  to  see  the  removed  dirt  replaced  by  a  ball  around  the 
boys  who  had  dug  the  hole  and  were  enjoying  its  protection. 
The  day  was  one  of  awful  dread,  but,  to  our  company,  not 
of  death. 

On  the  morning  of  the  12th,  the  company  followed  its 
commander  into  the  Bloody  Angle  where  many  were  killed 
or  wounded.  Several  of  our  company  were  captured  and 
taken  to  Point  Lookout  and  other  prisons. 

Perhaps  the  recital  of  a  brave,  but  rash,  act  of  one  of 
our  surviving  boys  will  help  to  strengthen  his  arm  for  the 
remaining  battles  of  life.  Pardon  this  personal  mention,  it 
was  Newton  Whitener-  Newt,  as  we  called  him.  Remount- 
ed the  breast  works  and  stood  or  kneeled  while  cursing  the 
advancing  foe  and  shooting  into  his  ranks,  hurried  the  boys 
to  load  and  hand  him  their  guns. 

Shattered,  thinned  and  bleeding,  without  a  commission- 
ed officer,  the  company  followed  its  commander  through  its 
eventful  marchs  around  Spottsylvania,  in  the  Valley  and  on 
to  Petersburg,  where  it  suffered  and  endured  hardships,  the 
half  of  which  has  never  yet  been  told. 

In  the  ditch,  in  the  Crater,  in  the  battles,  in  the  march- 
es, in  the  surrender  at  Appomattox,  Co.  F.  bravely  bore  its 
part.  While  the  company  does  not  claim  to  be  the  first  at 
Bethel,  farthest  at  Gettysburg  and  last  at  Appomattox,  it 
was  stimulated  by  the  same  cause,  inspired  by  the  same  pa- 


138  THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 

triotism,  and  had  the  same  blood  coursing  in  its  veins.  It 
was  only  circumstance,  with  duties  just  as  brave,  just  as 
noble,  that  with  held  that  recorded  honor. 

Long  live  the  name  and  fame  of  Co.  F. .  and  may  her 
survivors  well  and  worthily  wear  the  honors  and  maintain 
the  heroic  integrity  she  so  dearly  bought. 


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141 


In  that  speech  he  opposed  Secession  and  drew  a  picture  of  the  blood 
shed,  carnage  and  desolation  that  would  follow  such  a  course. 

When,  however,  the  call  came  for  volunteers— when  he  saw  the 
principal  of  "States-Rights  or  Local  Self -Government"  was  threatened, 
he  without  hesitation,  volunteered  to  defend  this  principal,  which  is  dear 
to  every  one  who  loves  liberty.  Doubtless  if  alive  to-day,  he  would 
admit  that  the  principal  of  "Secession"  is  forever  lost,  but  that  the 
principal  of  "Local  Self-Government  or  States-Rights"  is  more  firmly 
established  than  ever  before. 

Helton,  M.  L.,  2nd  Lieutenant,  commissioned  June  6,  '61; 
promoted  to  Captain;  captured  at  Gettysburg  and  died  a  prison- 
er at  Governor's    Island. 

Cobb,  R.  A.,  3rd  Lieutenant,  commissioned  June  6,  '61;  re- 
tired; died  since  the  war.  (See  sketch.) 

ROBERT  ALEXANDER    COBB 

Robert  Alexander  Cobb  was  born  in 
Lincoln  County,  N.  C.  October  the  1st, 
1839.  He  was  a  son  of  James  Cobb  and 
Fanny  (Helton)  Cobb.  At  the  beginn- 
ing of  the  war,  he  enlisted  in  Co.  F. 
23rd  Regiment,  from  Lincoln  and  Ca- 
tawba Counties,  and  was  made  Second 
Lieutenant  of  the  Company.  This  Com- 
pany was  apart  of  Hoke's  Brigade;  and 
during  the  latter  part  of  the  war,  Mr. 
Cobb  was  detailed  to  the  commissary 
department.  He  was  married  July 
27th,  1862,  to  Matilda  Smith  Falls, 
daughter  of  John  Z.  Falls,  of  Cleveland 
County.  To  them  were  born  seven 
children,— three  sons,  and  four  daughters;  two  sons  and  two  daughtei-s 
are  now  living.  In  1868,  Mr.  Cobb  moved  from  Newton  (where  he  was 
a  merchant  for  two  or  three  years),  to  Morganton,  N.  C, — then  the 
head  of  W.  N.  C.  Railroad,  where  he  engaged  in  the  Mercantile  business 
for  many  years.  During  his  residence  in  Morganton,  he  was  also  Post- 
master, Revenue  Collector,  and  afterwards,  editor  of  a  newspaper.  He 
was  State  Librarian  from  1897-8.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Church  from  his  youth  until  his  death.  He  died  in  Morganton,  March 
26th,  1901. 

Clay,  G.  P.,  3rd  Lieutenant,  commissioned  May  10,  '62;  re- 
vsigned  at  Seven  Pines;  died  in  1910.    (See  sketch.) 


142 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Mr.      G.       PINKNEY 
CLAY 

G.  Pinkney  Clay  join- 
ed Co.  F.  23:d  N.  C. 
Volunteers  in  the  fall  of 
1861,  under  command  of 
Capt.  McCorkle;  and 
was  appointed  Second 
Lieutenant.  Resigned 
as  second  Tiieutentiant 
Oct.  8th,  1862. 

Resignation  signed  as 
Second  Lieut,  by  Jno. 
Withers.  Assistant  Adj. 
General,  through  Gen- 
eral Lee;  was  hit  by  a 
shot  which  would  have 
proved  fatal  had  it  not 
been  for  a  Bible,  having 
brass  lids,  which  he 
had  found  on  the  battle 
field,  and  carried  in  his 
coat  pocket. 

He  was  rescued  from 
the  water  into  which  he 
fell  by  a  comrade.  From 
this  injury,  hewasgiven 

an  order  "To  return  to  some  hospital  or  private  house,  until  able  to  juin 
his  regiment",  signed  by  Jordan,  Asst.  Surg,  in  charge,  Sept.  6th,  1862. 
The  accompanying  photo  was  taken  after  the    war.     He    died    -June 
26th,  1910—79  years;  occupation,  millwright. 

NON-COMMISSIONED  OFFICERS. 

Wilkie,  L.  D.,  1st  Lieutenant,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  promoteif. 
1st  Lieutenant;  resigned  at  re-election;    died  since  the  war. 

Thornton,  H.  H.,  2nd  Sergeant,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  died  at 
home. 

Pruner,  Jno.  M.,  4th  Sergeant,,  enlisted  June  6^  '61;  missing 
at  Gettysburg. 

Link,  Peter  A.,  1st  Corporal,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  killed  at 
Cold  Harbor. 

McCorkle,  D.  M.,  2nd  Corporal,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  died. 
July  9,  '62  at  Richmond. 

Rink,  Ell  F.,  3rd  Corporal,  enhsted  June  6,  '61;  wounded  at 
Seven  Pines;  killed. 


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14^ 


PRIVATES. 

Abernethy,  John  F.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  wounded  at  Malvern 
Hill;     died  since  the  war. 

Angel,  Marcus  L.,  enlisted  March  1,  '62;  wounded  at  Point 
Lookout;  killed  April  2,  '62  at  Petersburg. 

Abernethy,  S.  O.,  enlisted  December  21,  '64;  died  since  the  war. 

Baker.  Barton,  enUsted  June  6,  '64;   now  Uving.    (See  sketch.) 


BARTON  BAKER 

Barton  Ba':er  enlist- 
ed June  6th,  1864,  in  Co. 
F.  23rd  Regiment.  At 
the  close  of  the  war,  he 
returned  home,  making 
farming  his  life  work, 
at  which  he  succeeded. 
He  is  a  sprightly  old  sol- 
dier to-day,  and  bids 
fair  to  live  to  a  ripe  old 
age. 


Bolch,  Wni.  H.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;    living. 

Benfield,  Marcus,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  missing. 

Bynum,  James  M.,  enUsted  June  6,  '61;  discharged  in  '61  and 
died. 

Beatty,  Tyler,  enUsted  June  6,  '61;  prisoner  at  Gettysburg; 
died  in  1908. 

Bost,  W.  R.  D.,  enhsted  June  6,  '61;  killed  at  Seven  Pines  '62. 

Buragarner,  Miles,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  wounded  at  Freder- 
ick Cit}-;     died  since  the  war. 


144 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Bumgaraer,  H.  P.  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  living,  a  farmer  and 
peddler. 

Bolch.  Isreal.  enlisted  June  6.  '61:  killed  at  Chancellors\-ille. 

Bolch,  Anthony,  enlisted  June  6.  '61:  killed  at  Chancellors- 
viHe.    A  live  wire  in  the  Company  for  innocent  fun. 

Baker.  Alfred,  enlisted  September  1.  '61:  discharged  July  4, 
'62:  for  wound  received  at  Seven   Pines:    li\'ing.    (See  sketch.' 


A.   BAKER 

At  the  ageof  ITyears. 
Sept.  3rd.  1861,  I  start- 
ed to  the  war.  Was 
sent  as  a  recruit  to  the 
23rd  regiment  Co.  F. . 
Capt.  McCorkle's  Com- 
pany. The  regimen  r 
was  then  at  Manassas 
Junction.  From  that 
time  on,  I  experienced 
the  hardships  of  Camp 
life. 

At  Williamsburg  (I 
don 't  remember  the 
date),  I  was  in  my  first 
engagement.  The  next 
battle  was  Seven  Pines, 
which  commenced  May 
31,  1862.,  the  day  I  was 
wounded.  The  first  shot 
I  received,  simply  shot 
my  hat  off;  never  hurt 
me.  The  second  shot 
was  through  my  left 
breast,  cutting  the  end 
of  a  rib  off  in  front.  The 

third  shot  was  on  my  left  coiiar  bone,  doing  little  harm.  Ail  three  shots 
were  in  less  time  than  five  minutes.  I  was  color  bearer  at  the  time  I 
was  wounded.  From  3  O'clock  Saturday  I  lay  on  the  battle  field  until 
Sunday  12  o'clock,  then  hauled  to  Richmond  in  a  two  horse  wagon,  and 
lay  in  the  hospital  seven  weeks;  then  went  home  about  July  28th,  ,62. 
and  remained  at  home  eleven  months;  then  was  sent  to  Camp  Holmes, 
near  Raleigh,  sometime  in  June,  '63;  remained  there  until  October  the 
10c h,  '63.  Then  I  was  carried  to  Camp  Vance,  and  was  there  imtil  June 
the  16th,  '64.  Then  I  was  sent  from  Camp  Branch  to  my  old  regiment, 
23rd  Company  F.,  which  was  near  Ljmchburg:  then  soldiered  in  the 
Valley  of  Virginia  until  3ept.  19th,  1864,  and  was  captured  in  the  battle 


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145 


of  Winchester  and  carried  to  Point  Lookout  prison  and  remained    there 
until  March  15th,  1865.  ("Had  a  tough  time  while  there). 

Was  then  exchanged  and  sent  up  James  River  to  Drewry's  Bluff, 
where  we  got  on  the  Rebel  boat  and  went  up  to  Richmond.  The  day  we 
arrived  in  Richmond  (the  18th  day  of  March),  I  was  twenty-one  years 
old;  was  a  free  man  and  free  from  the  war,  but  did  not  know  it;  but  I 
got  a  parole  home  for  thirty  days,  and  Lee  surrendered  before  it  ex- 
pired. 

Burnes,  Eli,  enlisted  March  10, '63;  prisoner  at  Winchester; 
died   in    1900. 

Cline,  Wm.  T.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  wounded  at  Chancellors- 
ville,  May  3,  '63;  living,  a  walking  encyclopedia  of  war  records. 
(See  sketch.) 
W.  THORNTON CLINE 

W.  Thornton  Cline  is 
to  day  a  walking  encyc- 
lopedia of  the  war.  We 
are  indebted  to  Mr.  Cline 
for  valuable  data  in  this 
book.  He  was  a  brave 
soldier,  and  performed 
his  part  well.  He  was 
in  the  battles  of  Seven 
Pines, Seven  Day  Battle, 
Battle  of  Boonesboro, 
Sharpsburg,  Frederick 
City,  Fredricksburg, 
and  Chancellorsville.  He 
was  wounded  May,  3rd, 
1863,  and  did  no  more 
duty  that  summer;  but 
on  his  return,  he  was  in 
the  battle  of  Orange, 
C.  H.,  and  from  that  on 
until  the  end,  it  was  a 
continual  skirmish.  He 
was  captured  at  Fowl- 
er's Creek,  released 
June  27th,  1865. 

He  has  made  a  honest 
living  at  farming,  and,  like  Josh.  Billing,  likes  the  funny  side  of  all 
things.  We  do  not  think  there  is  an  old  soldier  in  Catawba  County  but 
that  knows  "Thornt. "  Cline  as  an  amusing  and  jolly  companion.  One 
can  sit  for  hours  without  even  thinking  of  getting  tired,  listening  to 
both  the  jovial  and  serious  side  of  war  life,  as  he  tells  of  those  days 
of  the  sixties,  which  brings  the  tears  to  the    eyes    of    even    the    hard- 


146 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


hearted;  while  the  next  minute,  he  may  strike  the  "Funny  Side",  and 
you  will  be  holding  your  sides,  at  some  ridiculous  yarn,  made  interesting 
indeed  by  Thornt.  Cline's  gestures  and  expression  and  his  original    wit. 

Cline,  Eli,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  killed  May  31,  '62,  at  Seven 
Pines. 

Crawford,  W.  J.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  discharged  and  died. 

Cline,  Calvin,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  killed  July  '63  at  Gettys- 
burg. 

Christopher,  E.  A.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  wounded  at  Seven 
Pines;  killed  on  railroad  in  North  Carolina. 

Ciay,  David  E.,  enlisted  March  1,  '62;  killed  July  28,  '62  at 
Malvern  Hill. 

Deal,  J.  A.,  enhsted  June  6,  '61;   missing. 

Dellinger,  Thomas  J.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  wounded  at  Chan- 
cellorsville;   died   since  the  war.    (See  sketch.) 


J.  T.    DELLINGER 

J.  T.  Dellinger  enlist- 
ed in  Co.  F.  23rd  Regi- 
ment. He  was  a  me- 
chanic before  he  enlist- 
ed. 

He  was  a  jolly  good 
man,  and  all  who  knew 
"Tom  Dellinger"  loved 
him.     He  died  May.  1878. 

Having  no  near  rela- 
tives living,  his  photo 
was  kindly  sent  us  by 
his  cousin,  Mrs.  Ann  B. 
Dakin,  of  Newton. 


Dellinger,  W.  P.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  wounded  at  Gettysburg; 
died  in  1910. 


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147 


D^gerhardt,  Pinkney,  enlisted  September  1,  '01;  died  May  '62. 
D-^gerhardt,  John,  enUsted  June  6,  '61;  died  soon  after  the  war. 
Deitz,  J.    S.,  enlisted  June  6,   '61;  wounded  at  Gettysburg; 
living,  a  farmer. 


JACOB  S.  DEITZ 

Jacob  S.  Deitz  enlist- 
ed in  Company  F.  24rd 
Regiment,  June  6lh, 
1861.  He  made  an  ideal 
soldier.  He  was  wound- 
ed at  Gettsyburg.  He 
came  home  after  the 
surrender  and  began  to 
farm.  To-day,  he  has 
quite  a  number  of  acres 
of  land. 


Eckard,  W.  D.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61-  promoted  Sergeant; 
wounded  at  Seven  Pines;    living,  a  farmer. 

Fisher,  James  C,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  died  April  2,  '62  at 
Fredericksburg. 

Fry,  John  C,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  wounded  at  Seven  Pines; 
killed  at  Chancellorsville. 

Fisher,  Joel  H.,  enlisted  Septembei-  1.  '61 ;  living,  a  nHM-hanic. 
(See  sketch.) 

Fisher,  Harrison,  enlisted  Dec.    '64;    living  at    McAdtnsvilk-. 

(libson,  James  W.,  enlisted  June  6. '61;  detailed  as  ])laok 
smith;     died  since  the  war. 


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THE  CATAWBA    SOLDIER 


JOEL  H.  FISHER 

Enlisted  in  Co.  F.  23 
Regiment,  Sept.  1st, 
1861.  The  drilling  from 
the  first  year,  or  nearly 
so,  worried  me  more 
than  anything  else.  It 
was  not  long  after  I  was 
out  that  I  found  out  I 
was    in    the  war. 

Our  first  winter  was 
spent  near  Fairfax, 
C.  H.  During  the  first 
winter  all  was  quick 
stout  marching.  We 
were  sent  down  to  York 
town  to  check  the  enemy 
who  had  moved  around 
to  that  point  by  water. 
We  soon  began  to  fall 
back  toward  Richmond 
to  avoid  the  flank  move- 
mont  at  Williamsburg. 
Here  we  had  our  first 
taste  of  battle  in  a  skir- 
mish. As  we  passed 
through  the    streets    of 

Williamsburg,  one  of  our  boys  got  into  a  mud  hole,  and  it  took  several 
men  to  pull  him  out.  I  marched  all  night  and  finally  I  got  so  sleeply 
that  I  lay  down  and  went  to  sleep — when  I  awoke,  the  sun  was  burning 
in  my  face— I  rose,  started  and  found  my  company  not  faraway  in  camp 
asleep.  We  went  through  the  motion  of  breakfast  as  our  wagons  were 
ahead  of  us.  On  this  march  I  suffered  for  bread  as  it  was  about  three 
days  before  we  overtook  the  wagon  train — during  these  three  days  we 
parched  corn,  peas,  and  wheat,  boiled  the  peas  and  wheat.  Did  you  ever 
try  to  eat  boiled  wheat?  We  soon  learned  to  eat  anything  without  salt 
or  grease.  While  in  camp  at  Chickahominy  we  reorganized  the  Co.  Capt, 
Miller;  1  Lieut.  Quint  Tom  Wilson,  3rd;  Pink  Clay;  Dow  Wilkie,  Orderly 
Sergh;  Capt.  Miller  having  been  killed  at  seven  Pines,  Capt.  Helton  was 
elected — the  old  officers  retiring.  Soon  after  this  came  the  battle  of 
seven  Pines,  too  terrifying  to  describe.  After  the  battle  of  seven  Pines, 
we  went  into  camp  near  Richmond,  and  my  being  a  Dutchman,  baking 
bread  one  day.  Dr.  Hicks,  our  Surgeon  passed  by  where  I  was;  says  he 
'Fisher,  I  want  just  such  a  man  to  take  care  of  my  sick,  will  you  ser- 
ve"? I  was  delighted  to  be  with  the  sick  and  cook  for  them.  I  re- 
mained with  the  medical  department  till  1864,  last  of  the  year,  when  I 
went  back  to  ranks  and  remained  with  my  company  till  the  close  of  war. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  149 

While  in  the  medical  department,  at  the  battle  of  Cold  Harbor,  I  held 
the  leg  of  John  Arndt  while  it  was  amputated,  at  the  Gettysburg  battle, 
I  held  for  amputation  Anderson  Lofton's  and  at  the  battle  of  Fisher's 
Hill,  George  Cobbs.  Had  I  space,  I  would  tell  future  generations  much 
that  I  saw  while  in  this  department. 

On  my  return  after  the  war,  I  began  life  without  anything,  tutgccd 
health  and  a  hearty  good  will.  I  soon  after  married  a  good  woman  with 
whom  I  have  lived  for  fourty-four  years,  and  raised  a  family  of  seven 
children,  and  now  it  is  "Grandpa"  here,  "Grandpa"  there  ard  "Grand- 
pa" everywhere.  I  am  a  happy  and  fortunate  man — a  man  who  has  no 
enemies,  but  have  strickly  fulfiMed  the  Proverb,  "A  man  that  hath 
friends,  must  show  himself  fr  endly. "  I  hereby  greet  all  the  con  rjdfs, 
and  may  our  last  days  be  our  best,  that  we  may  all  re- assemble  btyc  rd 
the  River  where  wars  never  come. 

Gross,  Daniel,  enlisted    July  8,   '62;   captured     at  Gettysburg 
died  in    1908. 

Hefner,  Timothy,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  wounded  at  Gettys- 
burg;   died    since  the  war,  a  chief  forager. 

Hayes,  Wm.,  enlisted  June  6,    '61;  dietl  September  28,   '61. 

Holler,  D.  S.,  enhsteil  June  6,  '61;  died  July  9,  '62. 

Hoyle,  Wm  C'.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  died  January  1,  '62  at 
Manassas. 

Hoover,   Jefferson,  enlisted   June   6,    '61,    M.   at   Gettysburg. 

Hartzoe,  Paul,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  died  August  15,   '61. 

Holler,  Gilbert,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  died  since  the  war  at 
8tatesville. 

Hoyle,  Phillip  A.,  enlisted  October  2,  '63;  living,  a  farmer. 
(See  sketch.) 

Hudson,  W.  H.,  enlisted  February  16,  '64;  killed  by  being 
thrown  from  horse,  in  '72. 

Hufman,  M.  A.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  wounded  at  Chancellors- 
ville  and  Winchester;     living,   a  farmer.      (See  sketch.) 

Hall,  John  C.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61 ;  discharged  and  died  Sep- 
tember '61. 

Holler,  N.  A.,  enhsted  June  6,  '61;  wounded  at  Seven  Pines, 
discharged  March  13,  '63;  living,  a  local  preacher  in  M.  E. 
("hurch. 

Huffman,  L.  C,  enlisted  September  1,    '61;  died  July  17,  '63. 

Helton,  M.  A.,  enlisted  March  1,  '62;  living,  a  farmer  in 
York  count}^   S.  C. 

Holler,  Elliott,  enhsted  during  the  war;  living  in  South 
Carolina. 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


P.  H.  HOYLE 

P.  A.  Hoyle  wrote  the 
Introductry  to  Company 
F  23rd  Reg-iment.  It 
contains  his  war  record. 
It  is  only  necessary  to 
give  a  sketch  of  his  hfe 
since. 

H3  attended  school 
after  his  return  from 
the  war  for  a  time,  and 
fitted  himself  for  teach- 
ing. He  taught  for 
quite  a  number  of  years, 
when  he  was  elected  to 
the  County  Court  Clerk 
ship.  In  this  capacity, 
he  served  several  terms. 
He  was  afterwards  ele- 
cted  as    Representative 


:^ 


of  the  Lower  House  of 
the  Legislature.  He 
was  afterwards  on  the 
Board  of  County  Com- 
missioners. He  is  now 
on  the  County  School 
Board. 

Phillip  Hoyle,  as  he  is 
known,  has  been  a-n 
honor  to  his  wife,  his 
children,  his  county  and 
his  state.  He  is  always 
on  the  right  side  of 
moral  questions.  He 
lives  on  his  farm  just 
without  the  corporate 
limits  of  Newton.  He 
has  always  lived  unim- 
peachable. Who  could 
do  more,  and  what    bet- 


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151 


ter  could  be  said  of  anyone?     "I  have  been  young,  and  now  am  old;    yet 
have  I  not  seen  the  righteous  forsaken,  nor  his  seed  begging  bread." 


M.  ADLEY  HUFFMAN 

M.  Adley  Huffman 
joined  Company  F,  23rd 
Regiment  in  May,  1864, 
at  the  age  of  23  years. 
He  was  in  all  the  battles 
of  the  Company,  and 
was  twice  wounded  — 
once  at  Chancellorsville 
and  again  at  Winchester, 
where  he  was  captured. 
He  remained  in  prison 
two  months.  He  was 
with  his  company  at 
Appomattox. 

After  the  surrender 
he  began  farming  and 
has  followed  same  until 
now.  He  is  an  honest, 
industrious  citizen,  be- 
ing highly  respected  and 
loved  by  all  who  know 
him. 


Helton,  A.  F.,  enlisted  February  28,  '63;  died  in  the  war  a 
Point   Lookout. 

Isenhour,  M.  J.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  wounded  at  Gettysburg; 
died    October  9,  '64. 

Jones,  Isaiah  E.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  captured  ai  Winches- 
ter;   returned  but  no  account  since. 

Johnson.  Geo.,  enlisted  March  1,  '62;  woundetl  at  Gettys- 
burg; captured  returning  from  prison. 

Johnson,  Maxwell,  enlisted  March  10,  '63.  Died  in  November 
'64;  returning  from  prison. 

Jarrett,  Geo.,  enlisted  March  1,  '62;  wounded  at  Gettysburg, 
prisoner  at  Winchester;     no\v  living  in  Des  Moines,    Iowa. 

KiUian,  Wm.  F.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  wounded  at  Seven  Pines 
and  Gettysl)urg:  killed  since  the  war  while  logging,  near  Beat- 
ties  Ford. 

Kilhan,  Wm.  L.,  enhsted  June  6,  '61;   promoted    1st  Sergeant; 


152 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Captured;  living,   a  nurseryman.      (See  sketch.) 

Killian,  John,  enlisted,  return3d,  but  not  accounted  for. 

W.  L.  KILLIAN 
W.  L.  Killian  enlisted 
in  Company  F,  23rd 
Regiment  N.  C.  Volun- 
teers on  July  1,  186L 
He  was  reared  under 
adverse  circumstances, 
being  destitute  of  means 
for  an  education.  He, 
however,  by  industry 
and  economy,  managed 
to  enter  RutherfortI 
College  before  the  war, 
at  which  he  was  when 
he  volunteered.  He 
went  with  his  company 
to  the  army  of  North- 
ern Virginia,  arriving 
at  Manassas  Junction 
on  the  night  of  the  clos- 
ing up  of  that  first  bat- 
tle. The  army  was 
stationed  at  that  point 
until  the  spring  of  1862. 
It  was  then  transferred 
to  Yorktown,  at  which 
place  there  was  very 
little  military  service  done.  Then  the  army  evacuated  Yorktown,  and 
marched  back  on  the  peninsula  towards  Richmond;  but  was  overtaken 
by  the  enemy  at  Williamsburg— the  old  capitol  of  Virginia.  At  this 
place  there  was  a  pretty  hard  contest  for  a  short  time.  No  more  trouble 
occurred  until  the  Seven  Pines  battle  near  Richmond.  Here  the  contest 
was  fiercer  than  at  Williamsburg,  but  the  Confederates  succeeded  in 
driving  the  enemy  back.  In  a  short  time  after  the  battle  of  Seven 
Pines,  came  the  memorable  Seven  Day's  fight  around  Richmond,  in 
which  the  Confederates  were  successful  in  repelling  the  opposing  forces. 
It  is  needless  to  relate  more  of  the  engagements  in  which  Mr.  Killian 
was  engaged.  Hoyle's  introductory  to  the  Company  will  show  that,  up 
to  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  that  he  was  in  all;  and  in  that  memorable 
battle  of  Gettysburg,  where  so  many  of  the  company  were  either  killed, 
wounded  or  captured.  Among  the  captured  was  Comrade  Killian,  who 
was  taken  to  Fort  Deleware;  thence  to  Point  Lookout,  where  he  he  re- 
mained until  the  close  of  the  war.  Thus  ending  his  military  career. 
On  his  return  home  he  was,  like  ail  his  comrades,  destitute  of  clothing 
or  any  way  to  make  a  living;  but  being  of  Catawba   German    stock,    he 


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153 


daterminsd  to  continue  his  edu?ation,  and  spent  several  years  at  Cata- 
wba College  under  Clapp  and  Finger,  where  many  of  us  by  an  arduois 
struggle  with  poverty,  prepared  ourselves  for  teaching.  He  taught 
for  many  years  in  the  common  schools  in  the  winter  and  farmed  in  the 
summer.  He  worked  hard  and  soon  gained  financially,  buying  him  a 
farm.  He  then  married,  and  some  years  ago  entered  in  the  nursery 
business,  and  by  honesty,  fair  and  honest  dealings,  he  made  money. 
He  educated  his  children  (two  sons  a  daughter)  in  the  State  institutions. 
In  addition  to  this,  he  started  them  off  well  in  the  world,  having  give 
them  land  and  bank  stock.  Today,  he  is  an  honored  citizen,  and  labors 
with  his  own  hands,  carrying  on  his  nursery. 

"Billy."  as  he  is  familiarly  called,  is  found  on  the  right  side 
of  all  questions.  He  is  now  in  his  sev.n  y  th'rd  year,  and  is  a  hale, 
healthy  and  active  man;  and  if  he  will  permit  us,  we  desire  to  say  for 
the  encouragement  of  poor  young  men,  his  commercial  rating  is  twenty 
thousand  dollars,  aside  from  fifty  shares  in  the  First  National  Bank. 
Young  men  of  Catawba  you  can  do  as  well  by  industry,  economy  and 
good  judgement.     Try  it. 


JOSEPH  W.  GAULT 

Joseph  W.  Gault  en- 
listed March  25,  1862,  in 
Company  F,  23rd  regi- 
ment. He  was  wound- 
ed at  Harper's  Ferry, 
Sept.  17,  1862,  the  ball 
passing  through  a  part 
of  his  head.  The  chil- 
dren have  his  Bible  in 
which  the  stains  of  his 
own  blood  are  visible. 

In  1907,  a  good  man 
passed  over  the  river, 
and  is  now  resting 
"Under  the  Shade."  He 
is  gone,  but  not  for- 
gotten. 


Lutz,  Sydney,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  wounded  at  Seven  Pines 
and  near  Richmond;    died  since  the  war.     (See  sketch.) 
Leonard,  D.  P.,  enhsted  June  6,  '61;  died  October  9,  '62. 


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THE  CATA^^^A  SOLDIER 


JOSEPH  S.  LUTZ 

Joseph  Sidney  Lutz 
was  born  January  15th, 
1S40.  He  volunteered 
June  1.  1861,  in  Capt. 
McCorkle's  Company, 
which  was  afterwards 
Company  F,  23rd  i>J.  C. 
Regiment.  He     was 

twice  wounded  during 
the  war;  slightly  at  the 
Horse  Shoe,  and  at 
Winchester,  Va.  He 
was  captured  once  dur- 
ing the  war,  and  was  a 
prisoner  at  Point  Look- 
out. He  came  home 
after  the  surrender  and 
married  Mary  Catherine 
Setzer,  of  Newton,  and 
worked  on  the  farm  un- 
til his  death,— July  9th, 
1897. 


Lofton,  Eli,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  wounded  at  Gettysburg, 
losing  a  leg,  the  only  limb  lost  by  company  F;  now  living. 
(See  sketch.) 

ELI  A.  LOFTIN 

Eli  A.  Lof tin,  son  of  Thomas  Loftion,  w-as  born  in  Lincoln  county  in 
1845.  He  volunteered  in  the  spring  of  1861.  He  became  a  member  of 
Company  F,  23rd  N.  C.  Regiment.  He  was  shot  in  the  knee  at  Gettys- 
burg, July  1,  1863,  and  lost  his  left  leg,  which  w^as  cut  off  half-way  be- 
tween the  knee  and  hip.  He  lay  on  the  battlefield  several  days  and 
nights,  not  being  moved  until  after  the  battles  of  Gettysburg  were  all 
over.  The  leg,  eowever,  was  removed  or  cut  off  by  a  surgeon  on  the 
field.  He,  with  his  crutch,  has  long  been,  and  is  yet  a  familiar  figure 
in  Oast  Catawba  and  at  local  reunions. 

Lofton,  Pinkney,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  died  Srptember  6. 
'61,  at  Fairfax  Station. 

Lofton,  Wm.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  died  October  20,  '61. 

Lail,  Alex,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  missing  during  the  war: 
living. 


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155 


Lail,  Lawson,  enlisted  October  13,  '63;  missing  during;  the 
war;    li"\nng. 

Moose,  George  A.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  no  account. 

Michael.  Noah,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  died  July  6,  at  Yorktown. 

Martin,  M.  P.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  killed  July  '63  at  Gettys- 
burg;      ensign. 

Mitchell,  Thomas,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  died  September  23,  '61 
at   Manassas. 

Mays,  Wm.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  died  in  the  war. 

Mosteller.  Lawson.  enlisted  June  6,  '61:  died  in  1907.  (See 
sketch.) 


LAWSON     MOSTELL- 
ER 

Lawson  Mosteller  en- 
listed in  Co.  E.  23rd  Re- 
giment, June  6th,  '61. 
He  made  a  good  soldier. 
On  his  return  home,  he 
successfully  engaged  in 
farming.  He  died  seve- 
ral years  ago,  leaving 
two  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters, who  are  doing  w^ell 
in  the  world.  He  was 
an  honorable  citizen. 
and  his  death  left  a  gap 
among  friends  and  loved 
ones,  which  can  never 
be  filled. 


McGinnis,  Albert.  enUsted  June  6,  '61;  killed  June  1,  '62  at 
Seven  Pines. 

]McXeil,  Georp-e  C.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  discharged;  died 
since  the  war.      (See  sketch.) 

Miller,  Robt.,  cnhsted  June  6,  '61;  discharged  October  8,  '62; 
gored    to  death  in  1907. 


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THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 


Miller,  Jno.  R..  enlisted  Jime  o,    bl:  lost  in  Maryland. 
Miller.  J.  M..  enlisted  April  3.    "61;   captured    May    13.    "64: 
liWng.    a  farmer.    (See  sketch.) 


J.  MONROE    MILLER 

J.  Monroe.  Miller  en- 
listed in  Co.  F.  23  Regi- 
ment in  the  year  lSt>o. 
He  was  in  the  battle  of 
Spottsylvania,  C.  H.  He 
was  captured  on  May 
12th.  imprisoned  at  Point 
Lookout  — from  there  to 
Elmyra.  N.  Y.  He  was 
exchanged,  returned  to 
the  Company,  and  was 
in  all  the  final  engragre- 
ments  around  Richmond. 
After  his  return  he  en- 
gaged in  farming  with 
nearly  all  of  Catawba's 
returned  soldiers,  and  is 
one  of  many  who  have 
the  honor  of  ad\  ancing 
agriculture  to  its  pre- 
sent improved  state.  He 
is  still  living,  and  here- 
by erects  his  monument 
for  his  posterity. 


Mosteller.  J.  B..  enlisted  March  I.  '62;  died  May  16.  '62. 

McCorkle.  F.  M.,  enlisted  June  5,  '61;  died  June  17.  '62  in  Va. 

Marshall.  E.  \V.,  enlisted  July  8.  '62;  died  February  2,  '63. 

Miller,  Wesley,  enlisted  July  4,  '62:  died  in  the  war. 

Miller.  EUcanah.  enlisted  in  '62:  dieti  in  the  war. 

Moose,  Geo.,  enUsted  June  6,  '61;  killed  at  Appamattox  aft^r 
the  surrender. 

Pool.  James  L..  enlisted  June  6.  '61:  prisoner  and  released 
after  the  war  in  July. 

Pool.  John,  transferred  from  12th  Regiment  in  *62:  no  record. 

Pool.  Alex.,  enlisted  June  15.  '63:  killed  May  "63  at  Chancel- 
lors\'ille. 

Parker.  Jacob,  enhsted  June  6,  '61 :  tiled  in  the  war. 


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DR.  GEO.  c.  McNeill 

Dr.  Geo.  C.  McNeill  was  born  in  Robinson,  Co.,  N.  C,  in  1837.  In 
1857,  his  father,  S.  R.  McNeill  moved  to  Catawba  Co.,  and  located  near 
where  Claremont  is  now.  In  early  life,  he  taught  school  and  also 
clerked  in  a  drug  store  in  the  City  of  Wilmington,  N.  C.  After  coming 
to  Catawba,  he  took  up  surveying,  at  one  time  being  appointed  County 
Surveyor  of  Catawba  County.  Not  liking  this  occupation,  he  went  to 
reading  medicine,  and  was  ready  to  enter  this  prcftsson  when  the  war 
broke  out.  He  enlisted  in  Co.  F.  23rd  regiment  where  he  remained  until 
the  close  of  the  war. 

Being  a  physician,  he  was  never  engaged  in  many  active  battles, 
but  was  retained  in  the  hospital  to  take  care  of  the  sick  and  wounded. 
Almost  all  of  his  time  in  the  war  was  spent  at  Richmond,  Va.,  and 
Wilmington,  N.  C. 

After  the  war,  he  married  and  located  three  miles  southwest  of 
Catawba  Station,  where  he  lived  until  his  death.  He  continued  practic- 
ing medicine  all  his  life,  and  was  considered  a  successful  physician  of  his 
time,  having  a  large  practice. 

His  health  failed  in  1884,  and  he  discontinued  riding,  but  kept  up  his 
practice  at  his  office  and  around  his  home. 

He  was  a  good  writer;  at  one  time  was  editor  of  a  small  paper  print- 
ed in  the  town  of  Catawba;  was  also  correspondent  for  the  Newton  En- 
terprise for  many  years. 

He  died  Sept.  5th,  1890,  at  the  age  of  53  years,  leaving  a  widow  and 
three  children— two  sons  and  one  daughter.  All  his  children  survive  him. 
His  wife  lived  only  11  years  after  his  death. 

Prost,  A.  G.,  enlisted  September  1,  '61;  wounded  at  Chan- 
cellorsville;  promoted  Sergeant. 

Parker,  Albert,  enlisted  March  1,  '62;  died  in  the  war. 

Propst,  John  H.,  enlisted  March  21,  '62;  discharged  October 
20.   '63. 

Payne,  J.  S.,  enlisted  July  8,  '62;  captured  July  10,  '64. 

Rheinhardt,  E.   F.,  enHsted  June  6,   '61;  killed  July  '63  at 
Gettysburg. 

Rink,  George  F.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  wounded  at  Gettys- 
burg; living,    a  farmer.    (See  sketch.) 

Ramsey,  Daniel,  enlisted  March  1,  '62;  wounded  twice. 

Rheinhardt,  Abe,  enlisted  July  8,  '62;  killed  July  '63  at  Gettys- 
burg. 

Reinhardt,  Levi,  enlisted  March  10,  '63;  killed  at  Spottsyl- 
vania. 

Reinhardt,  Elias,  enlisted  March    10,  '63;  wounded  and  died 
at  Chancellorsville, 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


GEO.  F.    RINCK 

"I  enlisted  in  Co.  F. 
23rd  Regiment  early  in 
the  war.  The  first  bat- 
tle I  was  in  was  at 
Williamsport;  thence  to 
Seven  Pines;  from  there 
to  Cold  Harbor;  then  to 
South  Mountain;  from 
there  to  Gettysburg.  In 
this  battle,  I  was  sever- 
ely wounded  in  shoulder 
and  hip,  and  being  un- 
able to  get  away,  I  was 
captured  and  remained 
a  prisoner  two  months. 
After  my  release,  I  was 
furloughed  for  30  days, 
finding  my  Company  on 
my  return,  at  Win- 
chester. I  got  there  on 
my  birthday,  and  on  the 
9th,  I  was  again  wound- 
ed and  captured.  1  was 
wounded  at  another  tim  e 
near  Gordonsville, 
through  the  left  lung, 
being  shot  by  a  sharpshooter. 

From  there,  we  went  to  Point  Lookout.     I  came  home  again  on    an- 
other furlough,  and  then  came  the  surrender. 

I  had  quite  a  varied  experience  during  the  war.     I  feel  that  I  acted 
my  part  well.     Thrice  wounded,  twice  captured. 

I  am  a  farmer  and  have  spent  forty-five  years  at  labor  on  my    little 
farm.     I  am  now  74  years  old  and  am  still  tilling  the  soil  for  a    livmg. " 

Mr.  Rinck  is  one  of  Catawba's    quiet,    peaceable,     industrious    and 
noble  sons. 

"He  that  keepeth  his  mouth,  keepeth  his  life." 


Spenser,  Daniel,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  died  March  15,  '62  in 
North   Carolina. 

Seitz,  Julius,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  still  living  in  Buncombe 
county. 

Shell,  William,  enlisted  June  4,  '61;  wounded  at  Chancellors- 
ville  and  at  Gettysburg;    living,  a  farmer. 

Setzer,  John  F.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  suicided  at  Newton 
since  the  war. 


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159 


Sherrill,  Henry,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  wounded  at  Seven  Pines, 
])risoner.  Major;    died  since  the  war. 

Seitz,  David,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  died  July  7,  '62  of  wound  at 
Malvern  Hill.     (See  sketch.) 


D.A.VID   M.    SEITZ 

Da\  id  M.  Seitz,  son  of 
Darius  and  Rebecca 
Link  Seitz,  was  born  in 
1841;  enlisted  in  Co.  F. 
2ord  Regiment.  June 
6th,  1861.  He  was  mor- 
tally wounded  at  Ma- 
lvern Hill,  and  died  in 
Chimborazo  Hospital, 
July  7th,  1862.  He  was 
a  Christian  young  man, 
a  devoted  Lutheran,  a 
good  soldier,  and  died  in 
defence  of  his  country's 
cau.^e.  Thus,  with  many 
<^)thers,  many  noble 
youths  passed  away. 

"Old  men  for  coun- 
sel, young  men  for  war" 


Sigmon,  C.  C,  enhsted  June  6,  '61;    died  since  the   war. 

Shuford,  Phillip,  enlisted  March  1,  '61;  died  of  wound  at 
Lynchburg. 

Shuford,  A.  A.,  enhsted  June  6,  '61.    (See  sketch.) 

Shuford,  Solomon,  enlisted  March  '61;  hving  in  Caldwell,  a 
farmer. 

Seitz,  G.  L..  enlisted  JNIarch  1,  '62;  died  August  3,  '63  of  wound 
received  at  Gettysburg. 

Scronce,  William  A.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61 ;  wovmded  at  Seven 
Pines;   living  in   Missouri. 

Sigmon,  Miles  S.,  enhsted  June  6,    '61;  Uving,  a  mechanic. 

Sigmon,  G.  P.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  died  December  4,  '61  in  Va. 

Smith,  W.  H.,  enli.sted  June  6,  '61;  del  November  20/61, 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Abel  A.  Shuford,  of  Hickory,  N.  C,  Manafacturer  and  Banker,  was 
born  in  Catawba  county  in  1841,  son  of  Jacob  H.  Shuford,  a  farmer  and 
native  of  the  same  county.  After  receiving  his  education  in  the  Old 
Field  Schools,  he  made  his  debut  in  business  life  as  a  clerk  in  Hickory, 
an  occupation  which  was  interrupted  in  1861    by  the  call  for    troops    for 


ABEL, 


SHUFORD 


defence  of  the  State.  At  the  age  of  19  be  enlisted  as  prviaate  in  Com- 
pany F,  23rd  N.  C.  Regiment  under  command  of  Col.  J.  F.  Hoke.  He 
was  soon  promoted  to  Corporal,  then  to  Second  Sergeant.  With  his 
regiment,  he  was  in  Manassas  Va.,  until  the  spring  of  1862,  and  wa? 
then  ordered  to  the  peninsula,  where  in  his  first  battle,  Williamsburg,  he 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  161 

carriad  the  colors  of  his  regiment.  He  fought  at  Seven  Pines  and  in 
the  Seven  Day's  campaign,  up  to  the  battle  of  Cold  Harbor,  where  he 
was  severely  wounded.  After  a  season  in  the  Hospital  and  at  his  home 
he  was  again  with  his  comrades  at  Martinsburg,  Va.,  after  their  return 
from  Maryland,  and  engaged  in  the  battle  of  Fredricksburg  and 
other  battles.  Some  days  before  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  his  friend, 
the  late  Sidney  T.  Wilfong,  found  a  letter  F  which  he  gave  to  him.  He 
wore  this  letter  on  the  front  of  his  cap  and  it  was  shot  off  in  the  battle 
of  Gettysburg.  At  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  he  was  wounded  in  the 
first  days  fight  and  was  captured  by  the  enemy.  He  was  held  as  a 
prisoner  of  war  for  twenty-one  months  at  Fort  Delaware  and  Point 
Lookout.  Then  being  exchanged  he  was  given  a  furlough  during  which 
the  war  came  to  an  end. 

After  the  war  he  farmed  for  awhile,  then  went  to  Hickory  and  en- 
gaged in  business  with  a  capital  of  $500.00.  In  1891  he  became  Presi- 
dent of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Hickory  and  at  this  writing  is  still 
President  of  this  institution.  He  is  also  President  of  the  Shuford 
National  Bank  of  Newton,  N.  C,  and  a  director  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Morganton,  N.  C.  He  is  President  of  the  Hickory  Manufactur- 
ing Co.,  President  of  the  Hickory  Electric  Co.,  Secretary  and  Treasurer 
of  the  Ivey  Mill  Co.  and  Granite  Falls  Mfg.  Co.  (Cotton  Mills)  and 
Treasurer  of  the  A.  A .  Shuford  Mill  Co.  He  is  Vice-President  of  the 
Piedmont  Wagon  Co.,  and  is  a  Trustee  of  Catawba  College  and  Clare- 
mont  College.  He  served  for  fifteen  years  as  Chairman  of  the  Demo- 
cratic County  Executive  Committee.  He  is  a  Director  of  the  State 
Hospital  at  Morganton,  being  a  memember  of  the  Executive  Board. 
He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature  in  1884  and  1885. 
He  says  the  greatest  honor  ever  paid  him  was  by  the  Daughters  of  the 
Confedracy  in  naming  the  Chapter  at  Hickory  the  "Abel  A.  Shuford 
Chapter." 

He  was  married  in  1873  to  Alda  V.,  daughter  of  Dr.  O.  Campbell,  of 
Newton,  and  niece  of  Col.  Reuben  Campbell,  of  Statesville.  To  this 
union  were  born  three  sons  and  five  daughters,  all  of  whom  are  living, 
except  one  son  who  died  in  early  childhood. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  who  is  now  living  is,  at  the  age  of  69,  a 
hale  and  hearty  man,  actively  engaged  in  his  official  and  business  duties, 
taking  an  active  interest  in  public  aff'airs  and  especially  church  work 
and  educational  institutions. 

Seagle,  Adam,  enlisted  June  6,  '01;  wounded  at  Gettysburg; 
living   in   South   Carolina. 

Towell,  Wm.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  killed  May  '63  at  Chancel- 
lorsville. 

Warlick,  G.  W.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  wounded  at  Chancellors- 
ville.      (See  sketch.) 

Warlick,  W.  T.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  promoted  Sergeant, 
wounded  at  Gettysburg  and  killed  at  Spottsylvania  Court 
House,  May  10,  '64.  (See  sketch.) 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


WILLIAM       T.    WAR- 
LICK 

William  T.  Warlick 
enlisted  June  6,  1861,  in 
Company  F,  23rd  Regi- 
ment. He  was  promot- 
ed Sergeant;  wounded 
at  Gettysburg,  and  also 
near  Richmond.  He 
was  killed  at  Orange 
Court  House. 

The  author  is  indebt- 
ed, through  the  patriotic 
spirit  of  Mrs.  Lafayette 
Mostella,  for  the  photos 
and  short  .sketches  of 
her  grandfather,  J.  C. 
Sides,  and  her  uncles, 
Logan  aiul  William  War- 
lick. 


WILLIAM   D.    SHELL 

William  D.  Shell  en- 
listed in  Company  F, 
23rd  Regiment.  He  was 
twice  wounded;  at  Chan- 
cellorsville  and  at  Get- 
tysburg. He  returned 
home  and  has  spent  his 
life  farming.  He  has 
honored  himself,  his 
family  and  his  county 
by  an  upright  life.  He 
has  been  active  in  the 
prosecution  of  this  book. 


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163 


Whitener,  D.  W.,  en'isted  June  6,  '61;  killed  below  R'chmond, 

Wingate,  Albert,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  d'ed  Ju'y  13,  '62. 

Wilson,  T.  W.,  enlisted  June  6,  '61;  promoted  2nd  Lieutenant 
May  10,  '62  and  killed  May  10,  '64  at  Spottsylvania  Court  House. 

Whitener,  G.  W.,  enlisted  S;ptember  1,  '61;  died  September 
20,  '62  at  Shepperdstown. 

Weaver,  John,  enlisted  March  '62;  died  since  the  war  in  Ala. 

Weaver,  J.  S.,  enlisted  July  8,  '62;  no  record. 

Whisenhunt,  WiUiam,  enlisted  March  1,  '62;  prisoner  May 
12,  '64;   living,    a  farmer.    (See  sketch.) 

WM.  WH  IS  AN  ANT 

Wm.  Whisnant  enlist- 
ed March  1st;  pris- 
oner May  12,  '64.  This 
photo  represents  a  man 
who  began  life  with  an 
axe  aftei  his  return  from 
the  war.  His  father  was 
a  laboring  man,  who 
raised  a  large  family, 
having  three  daughters, 
triplets, —and  supported 
them  mainly  by  rail 
splitting,  ac  which  he 
was  a  greater  expert 
than  Abe.  Lincoln.  On 
his  return  from  the  war. 
engaged  in  farming  am' 
soon  after  began  tht 
manufacture  of  lumber 
on  a  small  scale.  He  be- 
gan to  enlarge  his  busi- 
ness by  buying  timbei- 
land  and  manufacture  it 
into  lumber,  and  thus  he 
continued  until,  today, 
Dec.  31,  1910,    he    owns 

more  land  in  Jacob's  Fork  Township  than  any  other  man  in  the  County, 
the  lands  lying  on  Jacob's  Fork,  containing  nearly  two  thousand  acres. 
He  is  one  of  the  few  clean  men;  he  neither  chews  nor  smokes  tobacco, 
neither  has  he  ever  tasted  liquor.  He  owes  no  man,  but  has  a  strong 
bank  account.  Let  young  men  learn  a  lesson  of  energy  and  tact  from 
this  sketch. 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLEIER 


Warlick,  M.  H.,  enlisted  February  28,  '62;  wounded  and  died 
at  Gettysburg.      (See  sketch.) 


MAXWELL   H. 
LICK 


WAR- 


Maxwell  H.  Warlick 
enlisted  February  28, 
1863,  in  Company  F, 
23rd  Regiment.  He  was 
wounded  at  Gettysburg 
August  1,  1863.  He 
died  at  Point  Lookout, 
where  he  was  a  captive. 
He  was  nursed  by  a 
Federal  officer,  Benj. 
O.  Wade,  who  w  rote 
his  father  of  his  trium- 
phant death,  and  sent 
him  a  lock  of  his  hair 
and  his  bible. 


Workman,  Daniel,  enlisted  March  5,  '62;  died  in   1908. 
Whitener,  Newton,  enlisted  March  10,  '62;  wounded  at  C'han- 
cellorsville.        (See    sketch.) 

Yoder,  A.  M.,  enUsted  September  1,  '61 ;  wounded  three  times, 
killed  May  10,  '64  at   Spottsylvania. 

Yoder,  Robert,  enlisted  September  1,  '63;  killed  May    10,    '64 
at  Spottsylvania.     Father  and  son  buried  in  same  grave. 

Cobb,  Columbus,  enlisted  in  '62;    died  in  the  war. 

Whitener,  John  A.,  enlisted  February   '65;     died  in  1908    in 
Hickory. 


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165 


NEWTON  WHITENER 

Newton  W  h  i  t  e  n  e  r, 
son  of  Phillip  Whitener, 
and  Malinda  Gross  Whi- 
tener, entered  the  ser- 
vices in  Co.  F.  23rd  Re- 
giment, soon  after  its 
organization.  He  is 
said  to  be  the  Bravest 
of  The  Brave.  At  one 
time,  in  the  thickest  of 
the  battle,  he  mounted 
the  breastworks  and 
told  his  comrades  behind 
to  load  guns;  he  would 
do  the  shooting,  and  thus 
.  levelled  many  a  Federal. 
He  was  captured  at 
Chancellorsville,  and  re- 
mained a  prisoner  until 
the  close  of  the  war. 
Some  years  ago,  at  one 
of  the  Hickory  Fairs, 
Col.  Gaither  Hall,  boast- 
ed his  pedestrain  feats, 
and  offered  a  wager  to 
any  one  who  could  out- 
walk him  around  the  race  track.  Newton  Whitener  accepted  the  chal- 
lenge, and  came  out  far  ahead  of  Hall,  holding  aloof  the  five  dollar  bill 
in  great  glee.  He  has  been  a  hard  worker  all  his  life,  and  is  now  old  and 
feeble  being  in  his  74  th  year. 


166  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


COMPANY  C,  28TH  REGIMENT  VOLUNTEERS 

Company  C.  28th  Regiment  Volunteers,  was  organized 
by   Thos.  L.    Lowe   at   Newton,  N.    C,  in   the   summer   of 

1861,  numbering-  about  130  men.  Left  Newton  August  13th, 
went  to  High  Point,  was  organized  into  the  28th  Regiment, 
and  left  there  that  fall  to  go  into  winter  quarters  at  Wil- 
mington. Remained  there  during  the  winter  of  1861  guard- 
ing that  section  of  the  coast.  In  the  spring  of  1862  was 
called  to  Newbern,  arrived  there  just  in  time  to  be  in  the 
evacuation,  as  Burnside's  Fleet  was  already  landing.  We 
marched  back  to  Kinston  and  there  was  organized  into 
Branche's  Brigade.  After  a  short  stay  there  we  were  called 
to  Richmond.  Va..  and  there  organized  into  Gen.  A.  P. 
Hill's  division  and  later,  into  Gen.  Stonewall  Jackson's 
corps,  and  then  was  engaged  in  the  battle  at  Hanover  Court 
House,  where  we  had  a  sharp  fight  with  the  enemy.  After 
this  fight  we  took  up  camp  west  of  Richmond,  and  then,  on 
the  26th  of  June,  we  broke  camp,  crossed  the  Chickahominy 
and  engaged  McClelland's  army  on  their  right  flank  on 
Thursday  evening  above  Mechanicsville,  and  was  in  all  the 
great  Seven  Days  battles— at  Mechanicsville.  Cold  Harbor, 
Frazier's  Farm  and  Malvern  Hill  from  June  26th  to  July  1st, 

1862.  Was  engaged  in  battle  every  day  until  the  next  Tues- 
day evening  at  Malvern  Hill  where  McClelland's  army,  after 
a  dreadful  defeat,  took  shelter  under  cover  of  their  gun 
boats  on  the  James  River,  July  1st.  This  is  known  as  the 
Seven  Days  battles  around  Richmond.  Federal  losses  were 
over  twenty  thousand.  Confederate  losses  were  nineteen 
thousand,  five  hundred  and  thirtj- three.  (See  Life  of  Gen. 
Lee,  page  166.) 

McClelland's  army  numbered  about  two  hundred  thous- 
and troops,  well  armed,  well  equipped,  well  drilled  and  was 
inspected  just  before  the  battle  by  an  English  officer  and 
pronounced  to  be  the  finest  army  in  the  world.  We  defeat- 
ed this  grand  army  of  Gen.  McClelland,  this  "young  Napo- 
lean."  as  Gen.  Lee  called  him.  "met  his  Waterloo."      After 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  167 

a  short  stay  in  camp,  east  of  Richmond,  the  first  Maryland 
campaign  was  planned.  And  then  taking  up  a  long  line  of 
march,  encountering  the  enemy  at  Cedar  Run,  where  we 
had  a  sharp  fight,  defeating  the  enemy  and  driving  them 
from  the  field.  This  was  the  7th,  8th  and  3th  of  August. 
Federal  losses  were  one  thousand  and  eight  hundred.  Con- 
federate losses  were  one  thousand,  three  hundred  and 
fourteen.  Continuing  our  march,  we  arrived  at  Manassas 
and  engaged  the  Federal  troops  in  battle.  After  two  hard 
days  fighting,  we  won  a  complete  victory,  driving  the  enemy 
in  the  direction  of  Washington.  This  is  known  as  the  sec- 
ond Manasses,  or  Bull  Run  battle.  Hill's  men  fought  with 
rocks  from  a  railroad  cut.  Many  men  were  killed  by  having 
their  skulls  broken  with  rocks.  Federal  losses  were  seven- 
teen thousand;  Confederate  losses  eight  thousand.  This 
was   like  unto   the   first    Manasses   battle. 

When  Scott  and  Wool  did  at  us  pull. 

Across  the  country  level. 
We  met  them  there  and  foujiht  them  fair. 

And  whipped  them  like  the  devil. 

Continuing  our  march,  we  encountered  the  Federals  at 
Ox  Hill,  near  Leesburg.  After  a  hard  fight  we  drove  the 
enemy  from  the  field.  After  this  battle,  we  crossed  the  Po- 
tomac River  near  Leesburg  into  Maryland,  making  a  little 
stop  at  Fredrick,  Md.,  and  planting  a  battery  on  the  hill 
directed  solid  shot  against  a  railroad  bridge.  It  soon  yielded 
to  our  shots  and  tumbled  into  the  stream.  Continuing  our 
march  through  Maryland,  crossing  the  Potomac  River  back 
into  Virginia  near  Williamsport,  marching  down  the  river  via. 
Martinsburg  to  Harpers  Ferry  capturing  about  twelve  thous- 
and troops,  and  more  arms  and  ammunition  than  we  could 
get  away  with.  This  was  a  very  important  place  as  the 
United  States  had  an  arsenal  here.  It  was  also  noted  as 
the  place  where  John  Brown  raised  the  first  insurrection. 
John  Smith  first  settled  Virginia  at  Jamestown.  John 
Brown  first  unsettled  it  at  Harpers  Ferry. 

Now  for  Sharpsburg  or  Antietum.  Then  a  double 
quick  up  the  river  to  Shepard's  town,  crossing  the  Potomac 
River  back  into  Maryland,  engaging  the  enemy  so  as  to  re- 
lieve Gen.  Longstreet  and  D.  H.  Hill  ^vho  were  in  a  deadly 
struggle  with  the  enemy,  with-driving  them  from  the  field 
that  night.  Federal  losses  eighteen  thousand.  Confederate 
three  thousand.  Crossing  the  Potomac  at  Shepard's  Town, 
the  enemy  following  us.     We  fought  them  to  a   finish,  back 


168  THE   CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

in  and  across  the  river.  The  broad  surface  of  the  Potomac 
was  floating  with  dead  bodies.  Federal  losses  were  three 
thousand,  Confederate  losses  two  hundred  and  sixty-one. 
We  then  tore  up  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  railroad  near 
Martinsburg;  then  took  up  camp  at  Bunkers  Hill.  After 
a  short  stay  there,  the  cry  was  "for  Fredricksburg. "  We 
broke  camp  at  Bunker  Hill  and  marched  up  through  the 
Shenandoah  Valley,  where  the  destruction  of  war  was  visible 
everywhere.  Crossing  the  Shenandoah  River  near  Winches- 
ter, winding  our  way  up  the  mountains,  a  distance  of  about 
nine  miles,  I  saw  we  had  reached  the  top.  The  army  halt- 
ed, and  as  I  looked  around  me,  I  saw  the  cloud  capped 
mountains  of  the  Blue  Ridge  heaving  her  lofty  peaks  and 
smoky  teritsin  the  very  clouds  of  heaven  and  basking  her 
towering  spires  in  the  dazzling  sunlight  of  eternal  day.  As 
we  looked  back  over  the  blood  stained  valley,  we  beheld  the 
Shenandoah,  as  she  rolled  her  sporting  waters  through  the 
valley,  fertilizing  thousands  of  acres  of  the  most  productive 
land,  and  yielding  broad  fields  of  sparkling  water  for  the 
broad-billed  duck  and  silver-scaled  fish.  Oh,  what  a  scene! 
A  valley  once  of  peace  and  plenty  now  all  laid  to  waste  and 
dessolation.  Now  continuing  our  long  and  tedious  march, 
we  arrived  at  Fredricksburg  and  engaged  the  Federals  in 
battle  on  December  13,  1862,  and  after  a  hard  fought  battle 
defeated  the  Federals,  driving  them  back  across  the  Rap- 
pahannock River.  I  shall  never  forget  the  scene  of  the 
women  and  children  as  they  passed  through  our  lines,  some 
with  babies  in  their  arms.  What  became  of  them  I  never 
knew.  Confederates  lost  four  thousand,  two  hundred  and 
one.  Federals  lost  twelve  thousand,  three  hundred  and 
twenty-one.  Then  we  went  in  camp  below  Fredricksburg 
for  the  winter  of  1862-63. 

Breaking  camp  in  the  spring  of  '63,  we  arrived  at 
Chancelorsville  and  engaged  the  Federals  in  battle  on  the 
2nd  and  3rd  of  May.  This  proved  to  be  one  of  the  bloodiest 
battles  of  the  war.  Gen.  Stonewall  Jackson  was  wounded 
on  the  evening  of  the  2nd,  and  died  at  Guinea  Station  on 
Sunday,  May  10th.  I  shall  never  forget  that  memorable 
day— May  3rd.  The  second  shell  that  was  thrown  from  the 
enemy  busted   in  our  ranks,  just  to  my  left.      I  turned  my 


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eyes  and  saw  the  mangled  bodies  of  Marcus  Seitz,  Jones 
Smyre  and  Laban  Yount— all  perished-  and  Solomon  Honey- 
cutt  badly  wounded.  This  impressiveness  of  my  surround- 
ings hushed  my  voice  and  filled  my  eyes  with  tears.  Leav- 
ing our  dead  behind 

Steadily  we  step  adown  the  slope; 

Steadily  we  climb  the  hill; 
Steadily  we  load,  steadily  we  fire, 

Marching  right  onward  still. 

Confederate  losses  were  ten  thousand,  two  hundred  and 
eighty-one,  Federal  losses  were  seventeen  thousand,  one 
hundred  and  ninety-seven.  The  writer  of  this  sketch  had 
his  right  ar.n  brokan  in  front  of  the  Chancelorsville 
House,  near  the  plank  road.  Now  a  second  invasion  of  the 
North  was  planned.  Leaving  Chancelorsville,  crossing  the 
Blub  Ridge  and  the  Shenandoah  river,  marching  down  the 
valley,  driving  the  Federal  scouts  out  of  the  way.  Crossing 
the  Patomac  near  Williamsport,  we  marched  through  Mary- 
land, arriving  at  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  and  engaging  the  Fed- 
erals on  July  1st,  2nd,  and  3rd.  This  battle  was  one  of  the 
most  deadly  conflicts  of  the  Civil  war.  The  map  of  the 
battle  field  shows  that  Lane's  Brigade  went  as  far  as  the 
farthest.  Losses  in  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  were  heavy  on 
both  sides.  Confederate  losses  were  over  twenty  thousand, 
Federal  losses  were  twenty- three  thousand,  one  hundred 
and  ninety. 

We  withdrew  from  the  battle  field  on  July  4th,  and  in 
returning  from  that  great  battle,  we  intercepted  the  Feder- 
als at  Falling  Waters.  After  a  sharp  fight  we  gave  the 
Federals  to  understand  that  we  only  wanted  time  to  recross 
the  Potomac  back  into  Virginia,  And  after  a  strenuous 
march  we  finally  arrived  at  Liberty  Mills,  near  Gordons- 
ville,  and  went  into  camp  for  the  winter  of  1863-64.  After 
spending  the  winter  here,  we  broke  camp  on  May  1st,  and 
on  the  5th,  6th  and  7th,  we  engaged  the  Federals  in  the 
Wilderness.  True  the  name;  a  wilderness  it  was.  After 
three  days  battling  with  the  enemy  we  were  led  out  of  the 
Wilderness — not  by  Joshua  of  old,  but  by  Gen.  Robt.  E. 
Lee, —but  only  to  be  engaged  in  a  more  deadly  conflict  at 
Spottsylvania  Court  House  on  the  9th,  10th,    11th   and   12th 


170  THE   CATAWBA  SOLDIER  OF 

of  May,  it  being  the  fortune,  or  misfortune,  as  it  was,  on 
the  12th,  for  the  28th  Regiment  to  be  placed  where  they 
fell  into  that  historic  bloody  angle  where  hand  to  hand  con- 
flicts ensued,  and  where  blood  flowed  like  water.  No  wonder 
Gen.  Sherman's  definition  of  war  was  "hell."  In  the  bat- 
tles of  the  Wilderness  and  Spottsylvania  Court  House,  Gen. 
Grant's  losses,  since  passing  the  Rapidam,  from  May  4th 
to  May  16th,  were  more  than  forty  thousand  men.  In  Spot- 
tsylvania county  there  were  five  great  battles  fought:  The 
first  and  second  Fredricksburg,  Chancelorsville,  Wilderness 
and  Spottsylvania  Court  House.  All  in  a  radius  of  fifteen 
miles.  Men  gave  their  lives  by  the  thousands  and  poured 
out  their  blood  in  torrents.  We  have  nothing  in  history  to 
equal  it.  This  Regiment,  the  28th,  Lane's  Brigade,  was  in 
all  these  battles  and  suffered  heavily,  and  was  compliment- 
ed highly  by  Gen.  A.  P.  Hill  and  Gen.  Lane  for  their 
bravery  and  good  behavior. 

Now  the  march  to  Chickahominy  on  May  21st,  1864. 
Gen.  Grant  withdrew  from  Spottsylvania  and  commenced 
his  move  towards  Richmond;  Gen.  Lee  moving  paralel  with 
the  enemy,  determined  to  force  him  east  of  Richmond.  We 
had  a  sharp  engagement  at  North  Anna  river  and  near 
Noel's  Station  on  the  22nd  and  23rd  of  May,  also  at  Jericho 
Ford.  Arriving  on  June  2nd  at  Cold  Harbor  Ridge,  and  on 
the  morning  of  the  3rd,  just  at  the  break  of  day,  there  was 
just  light  enough  to  guide  the  troops,  the  second  great  bat- 
tle of  Cold  Harbor  Ridge  began.  This  was  the  same  ground 
that  was  contested  by  Gen.  Lee  and  McClelland  two  years  pre- 
vious. A  fearful  struggle  took  place  in  the  works  soon  after 
the  battle  began.  The  enemy  was  repulsed  time  after  time 
and  driven  back  with  fearful  loss.  The  attack  ended  at 
12  o'clock.  Every  attack  of  the  enemy  had  been  successful- 
ly repelled,  and  the  battle  closed  with  the  Confererates  in 
full  posession  of  their  works.  Confederate  losses  were 
twelve  hundred.  Federal  losses  thirteen  thousand.  This 
ended  the  campaign  north  of  the  James  river.  The  Federal 
losses  since  the  passing  of  the  Rapidan  river  were  more  than 
sixty  thousand  men,  ten  thousand  more  than  Lee's  total 
strength.     Confederate  losses  eighteen  thousand. 

Passing  south  of  the  James  River,  we  took  up  our  posi- 


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tion  in  front  of  Petersburg  where  we  were    in    many    hard 
fought  battles  during  the  summer,  fall  and  winter    of    1864 
and  1865,  until  the  evacuation  of  Petersburg  and   Richmond 
on  April  2rd  1865.       One   of   our  hardest  fought  battles    in 
defence  of  Peteisburg  was  on  July  25th  1864  at  Ream's  and 
Malone's  stations.    Heath's  division  and  Lane's  Brigade  were 
advanced  under  cover  of  guns  of    Pegram's    battery,    until 
directly  in  front  of  the  works,  when  a  rush  was  made  which 
resulted  in  the  capture  of  the  whole  line — not  however,    be- 
fore the  enemy  had  been  driven  off  in  a  desperate  hand    to 
hand  struggle  in  the  works,  in  which    clubs,    muskets    and 
bayonets  were  used  freely.     The  Confederate    losses    were 
seven  hundred  and  twenty.      Federal  losses  two  thousand. 
After  retiring  from  this  battle  constant  skirmishing  occurred 
between  the  two  armies,  and  many  sharp    encounters    took 
place  between  the  hostill  cavelry  forces,  the  most    brilliant 
of  all  those  affairs  was  the  dash  made  by  Gen.  Hampton  into 
the  Federal  lines  in  September.     It  was   known    that    Gen. 
Grant  had  a  large  drove  of  cattle  grazing  in  Prince    George 
county.     This  information  was  gained    by    Gen.    Hampton 
from  a  letter  to  Gan.  Grant  which  he  intercepted.     The  letter 
stated  that  the  cattle  had  been  sent  to  the  neighborhood    of 
Sycamore  Church,  and  that  they  were  in  splended  condition. 
Hampton,  at  once,  determined  to  secure  the    beeves    which 
were  much  needed  by  our  army.     Hampton  leaving  Peters- 
burg on  the  14th  of  September    and    ariving    at    Sycamore 
Church;  and,  at  daylight  on  the  morning  of  the  16th,  he  sur- 
prised and  stormed  this  position,  capturing    the  works    and 
camp  of  the  enemy  and  three  hundred  prisoners  and  all   the 
cattle,  about  twenty- five  hundred  in  number  were    secured. 
And  the  object  of  the  expedition  being  accomplished,  Hamp- 
ton set  off  on  his  return.    Fitzhuhg  Lee  brought  up  the  rear, 
the  captured  cattle  marching  between.     The  beeves  stretch- 
ed out  over  a  line  of  four  miles,  but  were  skilfully   handled. 
And  from  time  to  time,  he  had  to  drive  off  the  enemy's  cave- 
lry on  his  way  back.     He  finally  succeeded  in  reaching  Peters- 
burg safely  with  all  his  captures  at  6  o'clock  on  the  morning 
of  the  17th,  having  lost  only  fifty  men  during  the  expedition. 
This  was  the  greatest  cattle  victory  during  the  war.     A  nice 
presentation  of  Hampton  to  the  hungry  Confederates.  Steak 


172  THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 

for  breakfast,    sce.ik  for  dinner  and  steak    for    supper. 

And  now  during  the  remainder  of  the  fall  and  winter  of 
1864  and  1865.  we  were  in  all  the  principal  battles  and 
witnessed  all  the  principal  events  up  to  the  blowing  up  of 
the  great  tunnel  which  formed  a  crater  and  looked  hke  a 
sacDnd  M^unt  Vesuvious  where  the  negro  troops  with  the 
whit?3  rLished  in  to  break  o:ir  line.  B.it  our  artillery  being 
trained  on  the  crater,  mowed  them  down  by  the  hundreds. 
They  were  caught  in  their  own  death  trap.  Now  the  eva- 
cuation of  Petersburg  and  Richmond.  On  the  morning  of 
the  2nd  of  April.  Lee  had  decided  to  abandon  the  cities  he 
had  so  long  defended.  As  we  parsed  out  and  looked  back  we 
saw  that  which  added  more  to  the  horror,  destruction— great 
clouds  of  smoke  go  up  from  the  two  great  cities,  where  men 
poured  out  their  life's  blood  and  perished  by  the  tens  of 
thousands.  We  saw  our  fate  was  sealed,  our  cause  lost. 
Now  our  last  retreat  back  to  Appomattox  court  house,  where 
Gen.  Lee  surrendered  the  remnant  of  the  grandest  army  of 
lighting  men  the  world  ever  produced. 

Now  in  conclusion.  I  will  say  the  war  between  the  States 
was  undoubtedly  one  of  the  most  interesting  events  in  the 
pages  of  modern  history.  Being  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war. 
I  could  mention  many  thrilling  narrations  of  battle  scenes, 
daring  adventures,  narrow  escapes  and  feats  of  personal 
prowess  during  the  war— all  tending  to  make  indelible  im- 
pressions upon  the  tablets  of  memory. 

The  writer  feels  a  willingness  to  contribute  his  mite  to 
the  store  of  accumulated  materials  relating  to  the  Confeder- 
ate soldiers  now  waiting  to  be  molded  into  finished  historic 
shape  by  one  of  her  gifted  sons.  Our  flag  of  the  Confeder- 
acy is  furled,  and  will  live  in  song  and  story,  though  its 
folds  are  in  the  dust. 

This  company  met  their  responsibilities  and  performed 
their  duties  faithfully  and  courageously:  and  on  all  occasiors 
when  the  fire  of  the  battles  spread  its  deadly  pall  over  the 
battle  fields,  they  proved  to  be  as  brave  as  the  bravest. 

J.  P.  Little 
1st  Lieut,  and  Ensign,  Co.  C.  28  Regt. 


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173 


COMPANY  C.  28TH  REGIMENT. 

OFFICERS. 

Lowe,  Thos.  L.,  Capt. ;  commissioned  August  31;  promoted 
August  13,  '61;  promoted  Major  September  21,  '61;  died  in  the 
war.     (See  sketch  and  Photo.) 

THOMAS     L.      LOWE 

Col.  Thos.  L.  Lowe 
was  born  April  27th 
1831.  He  remained  with 
his  father,  Isaac  Lowe, 
-on  the  farm  until  16 
years  of  age.  He  went 
to  Charlotte  and  engag- 
ed as  clerk  for  Williams 
&  Co.,  and  remained 
there  four  years,  during 
which  time  he  taught 
penmanship,  which  was 
remunerative.  He  came 
home  and  by  the  aid  of 
his  father  he  entered 
Catawba  College  in  1852. 
During  his  college 
course,  he  became  quite 
a  writer  and  speaker. 
In  the  fall  of  1854,  he 
taught  school  near  Lin- 
colnton.  In  April  6th 
1854  he  was  married  to 
Anna  D.  Coulter.  After 
that  he  became  a  per- 
manent resident  of  Ca- 
tawba County,  teaching  school  and  surveying.  When  the  call  came  for 
volunteers  in  1861,  he  made  up  a  company  of  130  Catawba  boys  and  was 
mustered  into  service.  He  was  elected  Lieutenant  Colonel  when  his 
company  was  formed  into  the  28th  regiment.  He  held  this  command 
until  his  death  which  occurred  six  miles  beyond  Richmond  at  the  resi- 
dence of  Dr.  Bulock.  His  body  was  brought  home  and  buried  in  the 
historic  grave  yard  at  Grace  Church,  and  which  is  marked  by  a  monum(  nt. 
A  great  soldier  fell  before  the  enemy,  death  in  the  very  sun  light  of  a 
bright  future. 


174 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Linebarger,  James  T.,  commissioned  May  12,  '62;  promoted 
from  1st  Lieutenant,  wounded  at  Fredericksburg  and  Gettys- 
burg;   now  living  at  Rock  Hill,  S.  C. 

Kent,  Jno.,  1st  Lieutenant,  commissioned  May  3,  '62;  died 
July   4,    '62. 

Gilbert,  Jacob  H.,  Lieutenant,  commissioned  May  13,  '61; 
now    living. 

Cline,  E.  Elkanah,  2nd  Lieutenant,  commissioned  May  13. 
f  1 ;  a  farmer,  living  near  Granite  Falls,  N.  C.  (Transferred  to 
57th  Company  E.)    (See  sketch.) 

Thornburg,  M.  A.,  2nd  Lieutenant,  commissioned  August  4, 
'62;  promoted;    died  July  1910.     (See  sketch.) 


J.  P.  LITTLE 

J.  P.  Little  enlisted 
in  company  C,  at  New- 
ton on  August  13,  1861. 
He  was  at  this  time  only 
sixteen  years  of  age, 
and  the  examining  of- 
ficer, thinking  the  boy 
too  young  to  enlist,  re- 
fused to  accept  him  at 
first  but  through  persis- 
tent pleadings  of  the 
youth  to  fight  for  a  cause 
that  he  thought  was  just 
he  was  at  length  accept- 
ed. 

Even  at  this  early  age 
he  was  cultivated  to  no 
small  degree.  His  man- 
ners were  frank  and 
candid,  and  the  more  in- 
timately he  was  known, 
the  better  he  was  be- 
loved. Never  was  he 
known  to  shrink  from 
any  toil,  however  pain- 
ful, nor  quail  before  any 
danger. 

He  had  a  high  regard  for  his  superior  officers,  and  more  still  for  the 
commission  which  he  filled,  as  examplified  in  an  anecdote  told  by  his  com- 
rades. At  the  Battle  of  the  Wilderness  when  the  soldiers  had  become 
somewhat  routed,  in  order  to  rally  them  again  the  brave  Captain  Lovell 


OF   THE   CIVIL  WAR  175 

reached  up  to  shake  the  flag  that  Little  was  carrying  but  the  fearless 
ensign,  reaching  for  his  pistol,  gave  the  Captain  to  understand  that  he 
was  man  enough  to  carry  that  flag  and  for  him  to  let  it  alone. 

He  was  in  many  of  the  principal  battles  of  the  war,  namely,  Hanover 
Court  House,  Seven  Days'  Fight  around  Richmond,  Cedar  run,  Second 
Manassas,  or  Bull  Run,  Oz  Hill,  Harper's  Ferry,  Sharpsburg,  or  Antei- 
tun,  Shepardstown,  Fredericksburg,  Chancellorsville,  Wilderness,  and 
Spottsylvania  Court  House. 

At  the  Battle  of  Frazier's  Farm  he  received  a  wound  in  the  thigh, 
and  was  also  wounded  at  Chancf.llorsville  and  Spottsylvania  Court  House. 
At  the  latter  place  he  was  in  the  famous  Bloody  Angle  and  was  taken  a 
prisoner  here.  Later  he  was  sent  to  Elmira,  New  York  where  he  was 
held  during  the  remainder  of  the  war. 

He  returned  home  in  the  summer  of  1865  and  then  completed  his 
education.     He  is  now  a  merchant  in  Hickory. 

NON-COMMISSIONED  OFFICERS. 

Thornburg,  Mathias  A.,  1st  Sergeant,  enlisted  August  13,  '61; 
promoted  2nd  Lieutenant  August  4th,  '62;  living  near  Hud- 
son, N.  C,  a  manufacturer. 

Setzer,  Franklin  A.,  2nd  Sergeant,  enlisted  August  13,  '61; 
died  since  the  war. 

Austin,  Coleman,  4th  Sergeant,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  pro- 
moted 2nd  Lieutenant;    killed    July  3,  '63  at  Gettysburg. 

Turner,  Geo  E.,  1st  Corporal,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  killed  Julj^  9,  '63  at  Jordan  Springs. 

Little,  Joshua,  A.,  2nd  Corporal,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  pro- 
moted Sergeant;  wounded  at  Ox  Hill  and  at  White  Oak  Swamps; 
ilied  in  City  Point. 

Flowers,  Noah  F.,  3rd  Corporal;  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  died 
July  25,  '62. 

Ecard,  Rufus,  4th  Corporal,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  promoted 
Sergeant;  killed,  December  13,   '62  at  Fredericksburg. 

PRIVATES. 

Asbury,    Wm., 

Asbury,  Sidney;     still  living. 

Boleh,  Marcus,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  wounded  at  Manassas 
and  at  Chancellorsville;    now  living,  a  farmer. 

Bolch,  Aaron,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  promoted  Corporal; 
wounded  at  Gettysburg;    living,  a  farmer. 

Bolch,  Abel,  enlisted  March  15,  '61;  wounded  at  Cold  Harbor; 
died  since  the  war. 


176 


THE   CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Bolch,  Emanuel,  enlisted  ]March  lo,  '61;  died  August  15.  '62 
at    Chancellorsville. 

Bolch,  Wm.,  enlisted  Alarch  15.  '61;  died  July  15,  '62. 

Bolch,  Logan,  enlisted  March  14,  '63;  wounded  at  Gettysburg 
and  died  of  wound. 


NATHANIEL    BOLCH 

Nathaniel  Bolch  en- 
listed in  Company  C. 
28th  N.  C.  Regiment 
late  in  the  war.  He 
was  a  good  soldier. 
Since  the  war  he  has 
lived  on  the  farm,  mak- 
ing a  good,  honest  liv- 
ing. He  is  yet  active 
and  bids  fair  to  live  and 
bless  his  county  many 
years  yet.  So  may  it 
be. 


Bolick,  Henkle  P.,  enlisted  March  14,  '63;  wounded  and  died  at 
Gettysburg. 

Bumgarner,  Sydney,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  died  August  1, 
'62. 

Bumgarner,  Allen,  enlisted  August  13,  '61.    (See  sketch. 

Bumgarner,  David,  enlisted  ]\larch  15,  '62;  wounded  at  Chan- 
cellorsville, and  captured  July  28,  '64;    died  1910. 

Barger,  Moses,  enlisted  September  9,  '61;  died  May  25,  '62  at 
Charlottsville. 

Barger,  Josiah  W.,  enlisted  ]\Iarch  15,  '62;  wounded  and  died 
May  20,  '63  at  Guinea  Station. 


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177 


ALLEN  L.    BUMGAR- 
DNER 

Allen  L.  Bumgardner 
enlisted  in  Company  C. 
28th  Regiment  on  Aug. 
13th  186L  He  was  count- 
ed one  of  the  bravest  of 
the  brave.  He  was 
wounded  once,  and  on 
leaving  the  battle  field, 
he  found  a  friend  unable 
to  retire.  He  picked 
him  up  and  carried  him 
to  a  secure  place,  and 
went  and  found  a  litter- 
bearer  to  care  for  his 
friend.  He  came  from 
the  war  with  nothing  to 
begin  life  with  save  a 
kind  and  energetic  soul, 
Today  he  is  a  successful 
farmer,  having  land, 
money  and  friends.  He 
is  a  jolly,  good  fellow. 
Everybody  likes  him.  A 
noble  Veteran,  as  brave 
in  life's  conflicts  as  in 
the  battles  of  war,  and  just  as  sympathetic. 

Barger,  Allen,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;    died   in  October  1910. 

Barger,  David;    living,  a  farmer, 

Barger,  Gilbert;    died  of  wound. 

Barger,  Noah,  enlisted  March  11,  '62;  died  October  3,  1910 

Barger,  Marcus,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  a  farmer,  living  near 
Hickory,  N.  C. 

Bowman,  Calvin,  M.,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  died  in  the  war. 

Bolch,  Jordan,  enlisted  April  4,  '64;    died    since  the  war. 

CUne,  Sylvanus,  enlisted  March  2nd,  '63;  a  farmer,  hving 
near  Hickory,  N.   C. 

Cline,  J.  Timothy,  enUsted  February  12,  '64;  a  farmer,  living 
near  Hickory,   N.   C. 

Cline,  Adolphus,   enlisted  April  6,   '64;     living. 

Campbell,  Adolphus  L.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  died  July  18, 
'63  of  wound  received  at  Gettysburg. 


178 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Campbell,  Wilburn  A.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  discharged 
December  20,  '61;  living  at  Waynesville,  N.  C. 

Cook,  Abel,  enlisted  September  9,  '62;  died  of  wound  at  home 
since  the  war. 

Cook,  Lawson,  enlisted  March   15,   '62;  died  since  the  war. 

Clippard,  John,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  died  since  the  war. 

Carter,  Joshua,  enlisted  March  13,  '61;  wounded  at  Chancel- 
lorsville;  now  living.     (See  sketch). 


JOSHUA  C.    CARTER 

Joshua  C.  Carter  en- 
listed in  Company  C. 
28th  N.  C.  Regiment  on 
Aug.  13th  1861.  He  was 
in  the  battles  of  New- 
bern,  this  State;  Har- 
pers Ferry,  Chancellors- 
ville  and  Manasses.  In 
the  battle  of  Manasses, 
he  received  a  slight 
wound.  He  was  also  in 
other  engagements.  It 
is  said  by  his  officers 
that  he  was  an  excellent 
soldier.  This  is  a  high 
compliment  to  a  private, 
a  man  "behind  the  gun. ' ' 


Cline,  Monroe  J.,  enlisted  March  13,  '61;  died  at  Winchester. 
Cline,  Maxwell  A.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  died  since  the  war. 
Chne,  Jno.  L.  H.,  enlisted  February  18,  '63;  killed  May  2,  '64. 
Cline,  Alfred  J.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  died  since  the  war. 
Chne,  Ambrose,  enlisted  March  14,  '63;  killed  near  Richmond. 
Conrad,  A.  Henry,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  killed  at  P.  Mills. 
Deal,  Junius,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  died  of  wound  received 
at  Manassas,  August  13,   '62. 

Deal,  Levi,  enhsted  March  14,  '63;  died  June  10,  '63. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


179 


TIMOTHY  CLINE 

Timothy  Cline  enlist- 
ed late  in  the  war.  He 
was  quite  young  but 
served  with  distinction 
till  the  close. 

On  his  return  home  he 
began  life  again  on  the 
farm.  Despite  many 
obstacles,  by  industry, 
economy  and  good  tact, 
he  ammassed  quite  a 
competency  of  those 
things  that  tend  to  ren- 
der home  comfortable 
and  happy. 


HENRY  A.  CONRAD 

Henry  A.  Conrad  en- 
listed in  Company  C, 
28th  N.  C.  Regiment  on 
Aug.  13th,  1861.  We  are 
sorry  that  we  could  not 
get  a  full  account  of 
Henry.  There  are  four 
of  the  Conrad  boys,  all 
of  whom  are  said  to  be 
brave,  noble  boys.  This 
one  has  been  placed  in 
this  book  by  one  of  his 
younger  brothers. 


180 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIEK 


Dnnn,  David  J.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61.  (See  sketch  and  photo) 
DAVID  J.  DRUM 

David  J.  Drum  enlist- 
ed in  company  C.  28th 
Regiment  at  its  forma- 
tion. He  was  in  every 
battle  in  which  his  com- 
pany engaged  except 
the  Second  Fredricks- 
burg  battle.  He  was 
sick  at  the  time.  At  the 
battle  of  Ream's  station 
he  was  firing  from  the 
breast  works  when  an 
enemy's  ball  broke  both 
bones  in  his  leg  just  be- 
low the  knee.  Trying 
to  step,  his  leg  doubled 
up  and  he  fell  on  the 
enemy's  side.  He  beg- 
ged his  captain.  Captain 
Lineberger,  to  have  him 
lifted  back  on  the  other 
side.  He  said  "If  I  de- 
tail two  men  to  every 
wounded  man,  who'll  do 
the  fighting?"  In  a 
minute,  down  came    the 

Captain  who  shamed  Drum  for  begging.  The  enemy  captured  the  breast 
works,  and  they  carried  him  to  the  woods  where  he  lay  all  night  in  the 
rain.  The  Federal  army  retreated,  and  he  was  carried  to  Petersburg 
where  his  leg  was  amputated.  In  three  days  he  took  gangrene.  The 
Surgeous  said  he  must  die.  To  make  room  he  was  carried  to  the  Dead- 
house-  A  lady  from  Gordonsville  came  through  hunting  for  her  wound- 
ed husband.  When  finding  him,  she  also  to(  k  Drum  in  her  care  and 
tenderly  waited  on  them  both  until  they  were  able  to  go  back  to  the 
hospital.  Drum  has  never  forgotten  that  kird  lady.  If  this  should  ever 
fall  under  her  eyes,  let  her  again  accept  the  profound  thanks  of  Dave 
Drum.  He  was  later  sent  home.  In  his  woi'ds— "Poor  as  a  church 
mouse"-— he  began  farming.  With  industry  and  good  management,  he 
has  made  marvelous  success.  He  has  lands,  stock,  tools  and  everything 
to  be  found  on  an  improved  farm.  With  money  in  bank,  with  the  con- 
fidence of  the  people,  proves  how  good  and  kind  the  Giver  of  all  Good 
Ihas  been  to  him  and  his,  for  which,  they  are  all  glad,  and  greatful. 

Drum,  Joseph  M.,  enHsted  March  15,  '62;  wounded  at  Cold 
Harbor;  killed  August  9,  '62  at  Manassas  2nd. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  181 

T^clvard,  Cyrus,  enlisted  AugUKst  13,  '61^  capturfd  and  died 
June  29,  '62  at  Governor's  Island. 

Fry,  Jacob  A.,  enlisted  September  2,  '61;  now  living. 

Fry,  Ephraim  M.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61:  wounded  at  (ietty.^'- 
burg.    Dead, 

Fry,  Andrew  J.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  no  account. 

Fisher,  Geo.,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  died  in  the  war. 

Fulbright,  Jno.,  enlisted  March   14,  '63.;  no  account. 

Goins,  Phillip  P.,  enhsted  August  13,  '61;  wounded  at  Chan- 
'cellorsville.      Died  since  the  war. 

(toodson,  James,  enhsted  August  13,  '61;  wounded  at  Fra- 
2;ier's  Pond.     Dead. 

Griee,  James  C.,  enlisted  September  2,  '61;  wounded  at  Fred- 
ericksburg, Chancellorsville  and  Gettysburg.   Died  since  the  war, 

Grice,  H,  Lee,  enlisted  August  12,  '63;  killed  at  Reams  Sta- 
tion. 

Gabriel,  A.  Alonzo,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  transferred  to 
23  Regiment;  promoted  Sergeant.      No  account,  beyond  this. 

Hefner,  Marcus,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  killed  May  3,  '63  at 
Chancellorsville. 

Hefner,  Serenus,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  wounded  Septemberj 
20,  '64.     Living.  i 

Hefner,  David,  enlisted  August  13.  '61;  wounded  at  Gettys- 
burg;  died  since  the  war. 

Huffman,  George,  enlisted  in  '64;  wounded  and  ched  at  Farni- 
viUe. 

Huffman,  Jno.  F.,  enlisted  April  13,  '61;  wounded  at  Cold 
Harbor;  died  of  wound. 

Huffman,  Levi  L.,  enlisted  April  13,  '61.   A  farmer;  now  livingv 

Huffman,  Daniel  W.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  wounded  at 
Manassas.     (See  sketch.)  ' 

Huffman,  Jeremiah,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  wounded  at  Cold 
Harbor;  died  of  wound. 

Huffman,  Marcus,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  died  July  2,  '62; 
prisoner  at  Governor's  Island. 

Huffman,  Elijah,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  died  December  10, 
'62. 

Hefner,  Levi,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  wounded  at  Ox  Hill  and 
Fredericksburg.  A  farmer,  died  in  1910.   (See  sketch  and  Photo  ) 


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OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


183 


Huffman,  Elijah  J.,  enlisted  March  15,  '62.     Died  June  6, 
'63  in  Virginia. 


LEVI  L.  HUFFMAN 

Levi  L,  Huffman  en- 
listed in  Company  C, 
28th  N.  C.  Regiment  on 
August  13,  186L  He 
survived  the  war  and  is 
another  monument  to 
Catawba's  industrious 
Dutch  stock.  He  is  yet 
active  on  his  farm.  His 
home  is  noted  for  South- 
ern hospitality  and  good 
things  to  eat. 


Harmon,  Abel,  enlisted  August  13,  61.  Missing  at  Fall- 
ing Water. 

Harmon,  D.  Monroe,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  wounded  at 
Chaneellorsville;  promoted  corporal.     Died  since  the  nar. 

Harmon,  Rufus  D. ,  enlisted  August  13,  '61,  wounded. 
Died  since  the  war. 

Herman,  Phanuel  J.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  wounded  at 
Gettysburg;  promoted  Sergeant.  A  farmer,  now  living  near 
Newton.     (See  photo  and  sketch.) 

Herman,  Geo.  D.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  wounded  at  2nd 
Manassas;  promoted  Corporal;  killed  at  Wilderness. 

Herman,  D.  Alexander,  enlisted  March  15,  '62:  died 
March  27,  '62  at  Gordonsville. 

Herman,  W-  Henry,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  died  July  8,  '62. 


184 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


PHAMUEL  J.  HER- 
MAN 
Phamuel  J.  Herman 
enlisted  in  Company  C, 
28th  N.  C.  Regiment  on 
August  13,  1861.  He 
was  wounded  in  the 
battle  at  Gettysburg. 
For  duty  well  done,  he 
was  promoted  to  Ser- 
geant. He  survived  the 
war,  and  on  his  return, 
he  engaged  in  farming 
at  which  he  has  been 
successful.  He  is  now 
in  declining  health. 
When  he  departs  this 
life,  Catawba  county 
will  have  lost  one  of  her 
most  law-abiding  and 
honored  citizens. 


NOAH  HUITT 

Noah  Huitt  enlisted 
late  in  the  war,  he  be- 
ing quite  young.  At 
the  close  of  the  war  he 
came  home  and  began 
farming  near  Conover. 
He  is  still  an  active 
man,  and  has  many 
friends  all  over  the 
county.  A  good  soldier, 
a  good  citizen. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


185 


Houston,  Martin  L.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  died  of  wound 
received  at  Cold  Harbor,  July  17,  '62. 

Houston,  John  W.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61 ;  died  since  the  war. 

Houston,  Jacob  F.,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  wounded  at  Shep- 
ardstown  and  Gettysburg;  promoted  Corporal.     Now  living. 

Heffner,  Geo.,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  died  since  the  war. 

Heffner,  Wilson,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  wounded  at  Chan- 
cellorsville ;  killed  by  train  since  the  war. 

Holler,  Adley  D.,  enlisted  April  11,  '62.  (See  sketch  and  Photo) 
A.  D.  HOLLER 

A.  D.  Holler  was  a 
carpenter  and  was  at 
work  near  Chester,  3.  C. 
Hence  volunteered  in  the 
Che.ster  Rifles  on  April 
11th  1861.  He  was  thrice 
wounded  around  Rich- 
mond. He  was  at  Fort 
Sumpter  and  heard  the 
first  gjn.  Typhoid  fever 
kept  him  in  the  hospital 
ten  months.  He  was 
transfered  from  the  6th 
S.  C.  Regiment  to  com- 
pany C  28th  N.  C.  Re 
giment.  After  his  sec- 
ond wound  at 

,  he  was  carried  a 

mile  to  a  place  of  safety 
by  Allen  Bumgardner 
who  also  was  wounded. 
He  finally  surrendered 
at  Appomattox.  Here- 
turned  home,  soon  mar- 
ried and  reared  an  intelli- 
gent family  of    children 

in  Rock  Hill,  S.  C.  where  he  now  lives.     A    very    successful    contractor 
and  builder,  and  a  jolly  good  fellow  even  now  at  the  age  of  70. 

Hass,  Sydney,  enlisted  February  6,  '64;  died  since  the  war. 

Herman,  Daniel,  enhsted  May  6,  '61;  died  in  the  war. 

Hahn,  D.  Newton, enlisted  March  15,  '62;  wounded  at  Gettys- 
burg  and   died   of   same. 

Holler,  Lemuel,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  wounded  at  Gettys- 
burg; living  at  Rock  Hill,  S.  C. 


186 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Honeycutt,  Solomon,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  wounded  at. 
Chancellorsville.     Living. 

Hass,  Jno,  A.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  wounded  at  Chan- 
cellorsville.    Living. 

Harwell,  Watson  A.,  enlisted  March  13.  '63;  wounded  at 
Gettysburg.     Died  since  the  war. 


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RUFUS    D.    HERMAN 

Rufus  D.  Herman  en- 
listed in  Company  C, 
28th  N.  C.  Regiment  on 
Aug.  13th,  ifei.  This 
faithful  soldier  was  once 
wounded.  He  was  cap- 
tured by  the  enemy  and 
spent  ten  months  in 
prison.  He  lived  to  see 
the  close  of  the  strug- 
gle. This  photo  was 
taken  when  he  was  at 
the  age  of  forty  years. 
He  died  in  1889,  loved 
and  honored,  a  loss  to 
the  county,  one  of  its 
noblest  sons. 


Kayler,  Alfred,  enlisted  in  '64;  wounded  in  chin.     Living. 

Killian,  Elisha,  enlisted  August  13,  '61.     Died  since  war. 

Killian,  Calvin  M.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61.  Died  July  1, 
'62  of  wound  received  at  Frazier's  Farm. 

Killian,  Joseph,  enlisted  March  15,  '62,     Killed. 

Kent,  John,  enlisted  September  9,  '61.  Promoted  1st 
Lieutenant.     Died  July  4,  '62. 

Killian  C.  Jasper,  enlisted.     Living. 

Linebarger,  Monroe  M.,  enlisted  November  16,  '63.  Died 
in  the  war. 


OF  THE  CIVIL   WR 


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Linebarger,  F.  Middleton,  enlisted  October  25,  '64;  died  since 
the  war. 

Little,  Joshua  A.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  promoted  Sergeant; 
died  of  wound  in  prison. 

Little,  J.  Pinkney,  enlisted  August  12,  '61;  wounded  at  Fra- 
zier's  Farm  and  Chancellorsville.     (See  sketch  and  Fhoto.) 

Linebarger,  Levi  W.,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  promoted  1st 
Sergeant;  killed  in  the  war  at  Farmville. 

Linebarger,  Avery  P.,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  wounded  at 
Shepherdstown;    died   in    the  war. 

Link,  Ephriam  M.,  enlisted  Msrch  15,  '£2;  killed  at  Gctt.;,  sburf . 

Lail,  Pollycarp,  enlisted  March  14,  '63;  living  at  Conover. 
(See   sketch,    and   Ihoto.) 

FOLYCARP   LAIL 

Polycarp  Lail,  when 
quiet  a  youth,  enlisted 
for  the  war  on  March 
14,  1,-^63.  He  went  light 
into  active  service.  He 
was  wounded  at  Spot- 
tsylvania  Court  House. 
Before  recovering  from 
the  wound  he  took  fever. 
After  returning  to  the 
army  he  had  some  nar- 
row escapes.  At  the 
wilderness  battle  he  and 
Adley  Holler,  being 
color  guards,  and  not 
observing  the  retreat  of 
their  regiment,  stood 
by  the  colors,  Ensign 
Little  ha\  ing  been  wound 
ed.  In  making  their 
escape  they  weie  sa\eo 
by  only  Providence  f rem 
.  beirg  margled  with  bul- 
lets. On  his  return 
home  he  engaged  in 
farming  n^ar  Conover.  He  has  lived  a  quiet  but  industrious  life  and  as 
a  reward  has  a  comfortable  home  and  many  friends. 

Lail,  Abel,  enlisted  Augu.st  12,  '63;  now  living  in  Akxander 
county. 


188 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Lail,  Cicero,  enlisted  March  15,  '(12;  wounded  at  Ox  Hill; 
missing  in  action,  July  28,  '64. 

Linebarger,  Jacob  A.,  enlisted  June  22,  '61;  transferred  from 
23  Regiment;  wounded  at  Chancellorsville;  died  July  5,  '63  of 
wound  received  at  Gettysburg. 

Linebarger,  T.  James,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  promoted 
Captain;  wounded  at  Fredericksburg,  Gettyslmrg  and  Chan- 
cellorsville.     Living. 


LEVI    W.     LINEBER- 
GER 

Levi  W.  Lineberger 
enlisted  in  company  C. 
28tii  Regiment  on  March 
15th  1862.  No  record  of 
him  has  been  furnished 
us.  Moore's  Roster  says 
he  was  promoted  to  Ser- 
geant which  indicates 
his  popularity  and  cour- 
age as  a  soldier. 


Martin,  William  A.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  wounded  at  Gettys- 
burg;  living. 

Martin,  James  W.,  enlisted  September  5,  '61;  wounded  at 
Manassas;  died  September  27,  '62. 

Martin,  Robt.,  enlisted  September  6,  '61;  died  July  15,  '62  at 
(Governor's    Island. 

Moose,  Jno.  B.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  died  July  11,  '62  of 
wound  at  Hanover's  Court  House. 

Miller,  Marcus,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  died  in  the  war. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  189 

Miller,  Wm.  J.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  killed  July  3,  '63  at 
Gettysburg. 

Miller,  Samuel  E.,  enlisted  September  9,  '61;  died  June  6,  '63 
at    Lynchburg. 

Miller,  W.,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  wounded  at  Frazier's 
Farm  and  Gettysburg;    dead. 

Miller,  Caleb,  enlisted  March  16,  '62;  died  in  the  war. 
Miller,  David  E.,  enlisted  March  15,  '63;  wounded  at  Wilder- 
ness; died  in  '72.     (See  sketch.) 

Pitts,   Conrad,  enlisted  August   13,   '61;  wounded  and  died. 

Pitts,  W.  Henry,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  died  August  31,  '62. 

Propst,  Alfred,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  died  January  29,  '63  at 
Lynchburg. 

Punch,  Robt.  W.,  enlisted  September  9,  '61;  died  December 
16,  '63,  of  wound  received  at  Gettysburg. 

Punch,  Joseph  L.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  discharged  June 
15,  '62;  dead. 

Punch,  Wm.  S.,   enlisted  September  9,  '61;  died  July  15,  '63. 

Poovey,  Josiah  A.,  enlisted  March  14,  '62;  wounded  at  Gettys- 
burg;     Living. 

Poovey,  Wm.  H.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  wounded  at  Shep- 
ardstown;      Living. 

Poovey,  Hiram  H.,  enlisted  March  14,  '62;  living,  a  farmer. 

Poovey,  David  A.,  enlisted  March  14,  '62;  wounded  at  Chan- 
cellorsville;  missing  at  Gettysburg. 

Poovey,  W^m.  F.,  enlisted  Septeml)er  1,  '62;  died  December 
10,    '62. 

Poovey,  Julius  A.,  enlisted  January  27,  '63;  wounded  at 
Gettysburg  and  Wilderness.  A  farmer,  living  near  Hickory. 
(See   sketch   and   Photo.) 

Poovey,  A.  Levi,  enlisted  January  27,  '63;  wounded  at  Gettys- 
burg;  died  since  the   war. 

Poovey,  Henry  F.,  enlisted  March  14,  '63;  killed  at  Gettys- 
burg,  July   3,    '63. 

Pollard,  Hiram,  enlisted  September  9,  '61;  wounded  at  2nd 
Manassas;  died  since  the  war. 

Rader,  W.  Pinkney,  enlisted  August  13,  '61.  Living  near 
Newton,  N.  C. 

Reynolds,  James  A.,  enlisted  September  2,  '61;  missing  at 
Gettysburg. 


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191 


Sigmon,  Maxwell  A.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61;  promoted  Cor- 
poral; wounded  at  Gettysburg.  A  farmer,  now  living  near 
Hickory,   X.   C.      (See    sketch) 


MAXWELL  A.  SIG- 
MON 
Maxwell  A.  Sigmon 
enlisted  in  Company  C. 
28th  N.  C.  Regiment 
on  August  13th,  186L 
For  faithful  service,  he 
was  promoted  to  Corpo- 
ral. He  was  wounded 
at  Gettysburg.  He  liv- 
ed through  the  war  and 
came  home  and  has 
spent  his  life  on  the 
farm    with     reasonable 


Sigmon.  ^lartin  M..  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  wounded  at 
Cedar  Run:  missing  in  action  May  12,   '64. 

Seaboch,  Geo.  W..  enlisted  September  9,  '61:  died  since  the 
war. 

Seaboch.  J.  Pinkney.  enlisted  September  9.  '61;  killed  .June 
27.     62. 

Seaboch,  W.  H.,  enlisted  March  15.  '62:  killed. 

Sigmon,  J.  Isaiah,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  died  May  29.  '62  at 
Charlottsville. 

Seitz,  Marcus,  enlisted  March  15.  '62:  killed  at  Frederick- 
burg. 

Seitz,  Lallan  M..  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  discharged  January 
26.  '63  for  wound  received  at  Chancellorsville;  died  since  the  war. 


192 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Sigmon,  Noah,  enlisted  March  14,  '63;  killed  in  the  war. 
Starr,  Elon  M.,  enlisted  March  14,  '63;  dietl    since  the  war. 
Starr,  ,1.  Al)el,  enlisted  M.ircli    14,  63;  died  since    the   war. 
Spencer,  E.  Sydney,  enhsted  August   13,   '61;  died  since   the 
war. (See  sketch.) 


E.   SIDNEY  SPENCER 

E.  Sidney  Spencer  en- 
listed for  the  war  in 
Company  C,  28th  Regi- 
ment on  Aug.  13th  1861. 
His  war  comradse,  who 
were  with  him  through 
and  in  it  all,  say  Sidney 
was  a  faithful,  brave 
soldier,  one  always  will- 
ing and  ready  to  perform 
every  duty  assigned  him 
however  hard  or  danger- 
ous. 

They  also  say  that  he 
w^s  a  good  man.  This 
is  a  high  <.'ompliment, 
coming  from  a  high,  re- 
liable source.  For  there 
is  no  place  in  which  to 
more  thoroughly  test 
men's  souls  than  in  camp 
life,  the  hungry  march, 
or  facing  bullets. 

He  survived  the  war. 
Coming  home,  he  chose 
farming  as  his  life-work. 
He  succeeded  in  making  an  honest  living,  and  rearing  and  educating  an 
average  good  family  of  children  and  preparing  them  for  the  battles  of 
life,  and  meriting  and  receiving  for  himself  the  love  and  confidence  of 
his  neighbors,  and  all  who  learned  to  know  him 

About  three  or  four  years  ago,  the  death  courier  came,  and,  in  a 
low,  loving  whisper,  said:  faithful  one,  lay  down  life's  battles,  come  up 
home  and  rest;  for  with  you,  the  war  is  over,  the  victory  won.  Like, 
in  every  righteous  demand  of  life,  whether  in  war  or  in  peace,  Sidney 
obeyed  the  summons  without  a  murmer. 

The  world  is  better  for  his  having  lived  in  it.  May  the  shouts  of 
heaven  be  sweeter.  We  miss  him,  but  can  ever  sing  his  praises.  A 
soldiar,  an  obliging  neighbor,  a  loving  husband  and  father,  and— in  its 
truest  sense, —a  good  man  rests  from  his  labors. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


193 


Sigmon,  Alfred,  enlisted  April  14,  '64;  prisoner,    (^^ee  sketcl 


<etch.) 


ALFRED  P.     SIGMON 

Alfred  P.  Sigmon  en- 
listed in  company  C. 
28th  N.  C.  Regiment  on 
April  186L  After  hav- 
ing preformedduty  well 
he  was  missed  in  action 
May  12th  1864.  He  came 
home  and  engaged  in  a- 
griculture  with  reason- 
able success.  He  has 
the  confidence  of  his 
fellow  man,  a  living 
monument  of    industry. 


JESSE  SIGMON 
Jesse  Sigmon  enlisted 
in  Company  C,  28th  N. 
C.  Regiment  late  in  the 
war,  being  quite  a  youth. 
He  served  for  the  time 
a  good  soldier.  For 
years  he  was  engaged 
as  section  boss  on  the 
Southern  railway.  He 
is  now  living  on  the 
farm  and  engaged  in 
agriculture.  He  was 
not  only  a  good  soldier 
but  a  good  citizen. 


194  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

Starr,  Jones,  enlisted  died  since  the  war. 

Turner,  David  H.,  enlisted  October  31,  '64;  missing  and  died. 

Turner.  Jno.,  enlisted  August  6,   '64;  died  October  27,   '64. 

Thomburg,  Augustus  M.,  Promoted  1st  Lieutenant;  died  in 
1910,  a  nurseryman.     (See   sketch). 

Turner,  Geo.  L.,  enlisted  August  13,  '61 :  killed. 

Turner,  Laban  C,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  died  since  the  war. 

Thornburg,  Mathias  M..  enlisted  August  13.  '61:  promoted 
2nd  Lieutenant:  wounded  at  Cold  HarV)or.  Now  living  in 
Caldwell. 

Townsend,  Solomon,  enlisted  March  15.  '62;  died  in  the  war. 

Townsend,  Aron  E.,  enlisted  March  15,  '62.     Living. 

Turbyfield,  John  A.,  enlisted  March  15,  '62.    Living. 

Turbyfield,  Elkanah,  enlisted  March  15,  '62;  promoted  Cor- 
l)oral;  wounded  at   Chancellorsville. 

Turbyfield,  Jno.  L..  enlisted  September  10.  '62:  wounded  at 
Mechanicsville.     Now  living. 

Tuibyfield.  Elom.  enlisted  March  15.  "62:  died  June  12.  '62  at 
Richmond. 

Williams.  Jno  W.,  enlisted  August  13.  '61:  promoted  2n(l 
Lieutenant   September  14,  '63.     Living. 

Wilson,  Benj.  F..  enhsted  September  10.  "61 :  died  May  31.  '62 
at  Lynchburg. 

Wagi';er,  Thos.  J.,  enlisted  July  13.  '61:  wounded  July  28.  '()4. 
Died    recently. 

Wagner,  Noah  P..  enlisted  March  15.   '62:  died  in  the  war. 

Wagner,  Benjamin,  enlisted  March  14.  '63:  killed  May  3,  "63 
at    Chancellorsville. 

Wright.  Samuel,  enlisted  March  15.  '63:  died  since  the  war. 

Watts.  Rufus,  enlisted  September  2,  '61:  discharged  March 
5,   '62  for  disability. 

Yount.  Lawson  M..  enlisted  August  13.  '61:  wounded  at  Cold 
Harbor:  discharged  December  5,    '62  for  disability.    Still  living. 

Yount,  Abel  U..  enlisted  August  13,  '61.     Living. 

Yount,  Laban  A.,  enlisted  September  9,  '61:  killed  ^Slay  3, 
'63  at  Chancellorsville. 

Yount.  David,  tnlisted  August  15.  '61;  discharged  !May  1,  '62; 
died  since  the  war. 

Yount.  Daniel  P..  enlisted  March  15.  "62:  discharged  June  5, 
'62  for  disabilitv;  died  since  the  war. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


195 


D.  P.  YOUNT 

D.  P.  Yount  enlisted 
on  Augrust  15,  1861,  in 
Company  C,  28th  Regi- 
ment. He  died  about 
three  years  ago  at  his 
home  in  the  West. 
Daring  his  stay  here  he 
served  his  county  as 
deputy  sheriff,  and  then 
as  policeman  of  the 
town  of  Hickory.  He 
was  a  good  officer  and 
quite  a  detective  in 
bringing  criminals  to 
justice.  He  had  the 
confidence  of  a  host  of 
good  people. 


Yount.  Xoah.  enlisted  March  14.  "62:  died  since  the  war. 

Frady.  A.  J.,  no  account  of  him  except  his  return. 

Rinck.  John,  killed  April  2.  '61. 

Poovey,  Lawson  A.,  now  living  at  Hudson. 

Poovey.  H.  Taylor,  died  since  the  war. 

Bolch.  X.  A.,  enlisted  December  '64;  a  farmer,  living. 

Cline.  Adolphus,  lost  a  leg.  still  living. 

Herman.  Xoah,  enlisted  in  '64;  still  living. 


196  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

COMPANIES    E    AND    F,    NORTH    CAROLINA 

TROOPS 

By  M.  a.  A. 

Companies  E  and  F.,  both  from  Catawba,  camped  mar- 
ched and  fought  side  by  side.  They  may  practically  be  said 
to  be  one  Company.  Hence,  what  is  true  of  one  is  true  of 
the  other.  Company  E.  was  organized  by  M.  M.  Wilson  and 
others.  We  left  Newton,  August  1st,  1861,  and  was  sent  to 
Norfolk,  and  there  were  organized  into  the  first  N.  C.  Bat- 
talion. 

In  February,  '62,  we  were  ordered  to  Murfresboro,  N.  C. 
and  there  remained  until  May;  then  returned  to  Suffolk, 
Petersburg,  and  Drewry's  Bluff,  remaining  there  until  some- 
time in  1862.  There  we  were  formed  into  the  32nd  N.  C, 
Regiment.  In  the  officering  of  this  regiment,  there  were 
there  coincidents  worthy  of  note:— All  the  Regimental  officers 
were  elected  from  one  single  company;  they  were  all  mem- 
bers of  the  Episcopal  Church,  with  one  exception;  none  of 
them  ever  tasted  whiskey.  The  influence  of  these  men  had 
a  most  happy  effect  upon  the  conduct  of  the  whole  regiment. 
We  were  under  Col.  Brabble.  Gen.  Junius  Daniels,  Div. 
Maj.  Gen.  Rhodes,  Div.  and  Ewell's  Corps. 

In  Jan.  63,  this  Brigade  was  moved  to  North  Carolina, 
and  there  remained  until  May  '63.  Here,  while  they  did  not 
accomplish  much,  yet  it  was  no  fault  of  the  soldiers;  but  to 
the  guns  and  inferior  ammunition.  The  32nd  suffered  many 
hardships,  wading  swamps  and  bivouacirig  in  cold  wet  cloth- 
ing. 

We  returned  to  Virginia  and  from  that  on.  never  shirk- 
ed a  duty.  The  32nd  Regiment  has  the  honor  at  Carlisle, 
Pa.,  of  hoisting  her  flag  farther  North  than  any  other  Sou- 
thern Regiment.  Here  occurred  another  incident  of  which 
Company  E.  shall  ever  be  proud:  Congresshad  just  adopted 
a  new  design  for  the  Confederate  flag,  and  the  ladies,  of 
Richmond  making  a  flag  of  that  design,  sent  it  to  Gen.  Lee 
at  Carlisle,  with  the  request  that  he  present  it  to    his   most 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  197 

favorite  Corps,  who  should  present  it  to  his  most  favorite 
division,  who  should  presented  this  to  his  ideal  brigade,  who 
in  turn  should  present  it  to  the  32nd,  and  Co.  E.  of  that  Re- 
giment had  the  honor  of  carrying  it  through  the  battle  of 
G3ttyslburg,  and  they  had  many  compliments  made  of  their 
coolness  in  battle.  From  this  time  on,  until  the  surrender 
at  Appomattox,  it  was  one  continual  skirmish  and  battle, 
.  At  Gettysburg,  Daniel's  Brigade,  entered  with  2100  men; 
came  out  the  fourth  with  the  loss  of  778,  making  a  per  cen- 
tum, of  loss  of  35  per  cent.,  a  greater  loss,  perhaps,  than  any 
other  brigade  in  those  remarkable  days. 

While  Companies  E.  and  F.  did  not  undergo  the  hard- 
ships of  the  Maryland  campaign  in  1862,  they  did  their  full 
share  on  the  Gettysburg  campaign  of  '63.  After  the  battle 
of  Gettysburg,  and  the  winding  up  of  the  campaigns  of  that 
fall,  the  brigade  to  which  we  belonged  stayed  in  winter  quar- 
ters, that  winter,  near  Orange  Court  House  Va.  In  the 
spring  of  ,64,  about  the  first  of  May,  we  left  our  winter 
quarters,  the  last  time,  for  good.  About  May  5th,  we  got 
into  it,  at  the  "Wilderness"  fight,  which  lasted  till  the  7th, 
where  history  says,  we  killed  2246,  and  wounded  12037, 
missing  3383,  Unionsoldiers..  A  loss,  third  to  the  greatest 
of  any,  during  the  war,  Gettysburg  being  the  greatest,  the 
number  killed,  3070;  wounded,  14497;  and  missing,  5434,  in 
all,  or  aggregating  23,004.  Right  on  from  the  "Wilderness" 
on  the  8th,  we  got  into  the  Spottsylvania  battle,  which  lasted 
till  the  10th  of  May.  On  the  morning  of  the  10th,  I  think 
it  was.  Company  F.,  at  roll-call,  had  52  men.  At  night, 
after  that  wholesale  slaughter,  in  what  was  known  as  the 
"Horse  shoe"  (a  very  crooked  place  in  our  temporary  breast- 
works,) we  had  8  men  left.  As  to  the  number  of  company 
E.  on  that  morning,  I  cannot  say,  but  she  came  out  with  but 
few  more  than  company  F.  And  from  that  day  on,  the  two 
companies  were  all  one.  Of  course,  while  a  great  per  cent 
were  killed,  the  most  of  our  men  were  taken  prisoners. 
From  this  time  and  place,  we  were  maneuvered  along,  a- 
head  pf  the  Union  army  toward  Richmond,  and  at  Cold  Har- 
bor. On  June  the  first,  we  got  into  it  again.  At  this  place, 
the  battle  was  on,  at  first  one  point,  and  another,  from  the 
1st,  to  the  4th,  of  June  1864.     But  on  the  4th  of   June    '64, 


198  THE   CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

Gen.  J.  A.  Early's  corps,  to  which  the  32nd  belonged,    was 
detached  from  Lee's  army, and  sentaroundby  way  of  Lynch- 
burg, over  the  mountains  into  the  Valley  of  Va.,  crossing  the 
mountains  at  the  Salem  Gap,  and  going  down  the  Valley,  by 
Lexington,  Va.     There  we  were  marched  around  through  the 
Cemetery  and  was  shown  Gen.  Stonewall   Jackson's    grave. 
We  were  in  pursuit  of  Gen.  Sheridan's  army  who  had    gone 
on  ahead  of  us,  and  almost  literally  destroyed  every  thing— 
along  their  trial.     The  tomb-stones  of  Gen.  Stonewall  Jack- 
son's (at  his  grave,)  were  broken  to  pieces.     On  down    the 
valley,  by  Staunton,  Va.,  we  followed  the  trial  of  Sheridan's 
army,  with  almost  every  mill  house  and   farm-house    demo- 
lished, many  left  in  ashes.     On  this  campaign,    we    crossed 
the  Potomac  river  at  Shepherds-town,  just  up  a    few    miles 
above  Harper's  Ferry;  And  on  by  Sharpsburg,  through  Mary- 
land to  the  District  of  Columbia,  and   so    near    Washington 
City,  that  we,  some  of  us,  were  in  the  "borders"  of  "George- 
town.'*     But  we  only   spent  one   night    near    the    City, 
deciding  the  next  day  to  return  to  Va.     So  I  guess  we  struck 
for  the  nearest  point  toward  the  valley,  crossing  the  Potomac 
afoot,  below  the  mountains  at  a  place,  I  think,  called   Lees- 
burg.     Coming  up  a  few  miles  on  the  south  side,  and    again 
crossing  back  over  the  mountains,  at  Snicker's  Gap,  into  the 
valley.     Soon  after,  we  forded  the  Shenandoah  river  at  Sin- 
cker's  ferry,  where  we  had  an  encounter    with    the    Union 
army  again.     Then  Early's  Campaign  in  the  Valley  of    Va. 
lasted  till  in  the  winter  ,64  and  '65,  when  we  evacuated   the 
Valley,  to  spand  the  balance  of  our  war-days  in  the    "ditch- 
es" around  Petersburg,  Va.     We  had  many  "ups  and  downs" 
in  the  fall  and  winter  of  '64,  and    underwent  many    hard- 
ships, sleeping  in  the  open  weather,  sometimes  in  rain    and 
sleet,  and  again  wrapping  up  in  our  thin  blankets  at    night, 
to  wake  up  next  morning,  covered  head  and  ears  with  snow. 
From  this  once  beautiful  and  rich  valley,  but    now    laid 
to  waste  and  desolation,  we  left  in  mid- winter,  to  never    re- 
turn. 

On  a  very  cold,  rainy,  sleety  night,  after  marching  up 
the  valley  to  the  nearest  point  to  aR.  R.  which  was  at  Staun- 
ton, foot-sore  and  tired,  we  were  crowded  into  box-cars  like 
cattle,  and  transported  by  Charlottsville  and  Richmond,    to 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  199 

Petersburg,  there  to  fight,  more  or  less,  every  week,  till  the 
day,  when  we  were  ordered  to  evacuate,  and  start  on  the 
fifial  campaign  of  the  Civil  war,  which  ended  at  Appomat- 
tox Court  House. 

The  32nd,  Regiment,  reduced  to  a  mere  skeleton  of  its 
former  self,  arrived  at  Appomattox  Court  House,  on  April 
9th,  1865.  Soon  after  arriving,  she  joined  in  that  memor- 
able charge,  driving  the  enemy  back.  But  all  in  vain,  for 
she  was  ordered  to  cease  firing,  and  was  filed  off  at  some 
distance,  in  an  old  field,  on  a  hill-side,  and  ordered  there  to 
stack  arms.  Very  soon  it  was  whispered  around,  that  Gen. 
Lee  had  surrendered.  No  one,  seemingly,  in  the  least,  pre- 
pared to  believe  it.  On  Wednesday,  after  marching  us  out 
in  line  of  battle,  before  the  Union  army,  lined  up  as  on  dress- 
parade,  over  on  the  main  high-way  leading  to  the  village, 
we  were  ordered  to  there  for  the  last  time,  stack  arms, 
(again.)  and  receive  our  "parol".  How  sad.  Oh!  how  sad, 
indeed!— Now  the  32nd,  and  Company  E.  and  F.  and  all  the 
remnant  of  Lee's  army,  as  noble  hearted,  brave  a  little  band 
as  ever  disbanded,  started  for  home,  making  their  way  as 
best  they  could. 

The  32nd  then  had  ceased  to  exist,  but  who  of  her  gal- 
lant members  shall  ever  forget  her  heroic  deeds? 

By  M.  a.  a. 


200 


THE   CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


COMPANY  E.  32nd  REGIMENT. 

Matthew    W.    Wilson,    enlisted    August    14tli,    '61;    resigned 
May  1,  '62.    (See  sketch  and  photo.) 

CAPT.  M.  W.   WILSON 

Capt.  M.  M.  Wilson, 
or  "Maj.  Wilson,"  as 
he  was  called,  made  up 
a  company  and  was 
mustered  into  service 
August  14,  1861,  as  Co. 
E,  32  Regiment. 

He  served  as  Captain 
until  the  re-orginazation 
in  1862,  when  he  resign- 
ed. He  commanded  his 
company  well,  a  kind 
and  efficient  officer;  and 
the  author,  whose  pet 
he  was,  shall  ever  re- 
member him  and  his  pos- 
terity with  the  utmost 
kindness. 

Cn  his  return  he  pur- 
sued his  usual  calling, 
farming.  He  raised 
a  large  family  of  sons 
and  daughters,  all  of 
whom  are  doing  well  in 
the  world. 


Manuel  E.  Shell,  Commissioned  first  Lieutenant  May  1,  '61; 
died  July  9,  '62.  He  was  an  efficient  officer,  but  physically  weak; 
hence  his  early  death. 

Gilbert  M.  Sherrill,  Commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant  July  9,  '61; 
promoted  to  Captain  on  the  resignation  of  Wilson.  He  made  an 
efficient  officer;  stood  by  and  for  all  his  men  all  the  time.  He  was 
shot  through  his  right  breast  on  the  retreat  from  the  last  raid  the 
Southern  army  made  into  Maryland.  He  lived  five  days  and 
died  in  Winchester  in  the  summer  of  '64. 

Joseph  E.  Smyre,  commissioned  May  1,  '62;  promoted  from 
2nd  Sergeant;  survived  the  war;  died  since. 


OF   THE   CIVIL   WAR 


201 


Pinkney  C.  Shuford,  enlisted  August  14,  '61;  commissioned 
2nd  Lieutenant  July  14,  '62;  promoted  from  orderly  Ser- 
geant. (See  sketch   and  Photo.) 

CAPT.  P.  C.  SHUFORD 

Capt.  P.  C.  Shuford, 
of  Company  E,  32  N.  C. 
Troops,  left  home  in 
August,  1861.  He  serv- 
ed all  the  time  and  was 
never  in  hospital  or  at 
home  on  a  sick  furlough. 
He  did  his  duty  at  all 
times. 

Was  at  home  a  num- 
ber of  times  during  the 
war;  once  as  recruit- 
ing officer  to  enlist  men 
to  go  back  with  him. 
He  held  many  places  of 
trust,  and  was  popular 
with  the  higher  officers. 
Confidence  was  placed 
in  him.  He  surrender- 
ed at  Appomattox  Court 
House;  received  his  pa- 
rol to  go  home. 

A  kind  man,  a  faith- 
ful soldier,  and  a  most 
noble  citizen.  He  died 
quite     recently    in    the 

hope    of    the    Glory    of  God.     "A  man  hath  joy  by    the    answer   of  his 
mouth;  and  a  word  spoken  in  due  season,  how  good  it  is?" 

Abram  Anthony,  commissioned  2nd  Lieutenant  December 
15,  '63;  wounded  at  Petersburg  April  18,  '65  which  necessitated 
the  amputation  of  the  leg.  He  was  captured,  paroled,  came  home, 
engaged  in  shoe  making  and  farming.  Successful  in  both.  He  was 
an  esteemed  friend  of  the  author.  "He  that  hath  friends  must 
show   himself   friendly." 

J.  W.  A.  Payne,  enhsted  August  2nd,  '61;  promoted  to  orderly 
sergeant.  He  survived  the  war  and  became  to  be  one  of  the 
leading  farmers  of  his  community.  He  was  at  one  time  elected 
to  the  State  Senate  from  Lincoln  and  Catawba  counties.  Died 
some   15  or  16  years  ago. 


202  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

Elisha  B.  Stiles,  enlisted  August  14,  '61;  was  chosen  4th  Ser- 
geant; killed  at  Spottsylvania  C'ourt  House  May  10,  '04.  He  was 
a  good  and  faithful  soldier. 

William  G.  P'isher,  5th  Sergeant,  enlisted  August  14,  '61. 
He  was  a  good  man;  a  model  father  at  home  and  reared  a  model 
family.  Died  at  his  home  since  the  war  an  honored  citizen  of 
Catawba   county. 

Evan  Gant,  1st  Corporal,  enlisted  August  14,  '61;  survived 
the  war,  lived  a  quiet  life,  reared  a  respectable  family  of  sons  and 
daughters;  died  since  the  war,  leaving  his  family  in  good  cir- 
cumstances. 

Robert  D.  Abernethy,  second  Corporal,  enlisted  August  14, 
'61;  promoted  5th  Sergeant.  After  the  war  he  went  to 
Mississippi  where  he  became  a  drummer  and  died  recently. 
Bob  was  a  live  wire  in  war  and  in  peace. 

Abel  J.  Cansler,  3rd  Corporal,  enlisted  August  14,  '61.  After 
returning  from  the  war,  he  went  to  Alabama  and  married.  After 
the  loss  of  his  wife  and  two  children,  he  returned  to  North  Caro- 
lina with  his  only  living  son  with  whom  he  now  lives. 

Jacob  F.  Rudisill,  4th  Corporal,  enlisted  August  14,  '61; 
wounded,  survived  the  war;  engaged  in  farming;  reared  a  family; 
was  accidently  killed  by  an  explosion  at  Maiden,  N.  C.  about 
15  years  ago. 

PRIVATES 

Francis  G.  Allen  (known  as  Bum,)  enlisted  December  12,  '61 
and  was  discharged  August  17,  '62.    Lost  sight  of. 

B.  A.  Allen,  enHsted  January  2,  '62;  died  June  20,  '63. 

Henry  Bangle,  enlisted  March  31,  '63;  discharged  for  disabil- 
ity; died  since  the  war. 

Robert  Bolick,  enlisted  October  18,  '61;  died  June  4,  '64.  He 
was  an  innocent,  inoffensive  good  soldier. 

Hosia  W.  Bridges,  enlisted  August  14,  '61.  He  survived  the 
war,  went  West  where  sickness  and  misfortunes  overtook  him; 
and  afterwards  returning  to  North  Carolina, he  has  had  a  strug- 
gle to  redeem  himself.  He  was  a  good  soldier;  an  esteemed  friend 
of  the  author. 

Tom  C.  Brown,  enlisted  August  14,  '61;  wounded  at  Gettys- 
burg; ciptured  and  died  in  prison  in  '64. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  203 

Reeves  Burke,  enlisted  September  25,  '62;  was  a  pretty  good 
soldier;  survived  the  war;  i»s  still  living. 

J.  J.  Caldwell,  commonly  known  as  "scrapjx'r  Jolin, ' '  enlisted 
^September  25,  '62;  once  captured;  returned  aft^r  the  war;  en- 
gaged in  farming  at  which  he  made  good.    He  is  still  living. 

L.  J.  C'aldwell,  enlisted  September  25,  '62;  survived  the  war; 
engaged  in  farming;  died  recently. 

Gilbert  Caldwell,  enlisted  September  25,  '62;  survived  the  war; 
moved  to  Alexander  county;  thought  to  be  .still  living. 

Henderson  Caldwell,  enlisted  March  31,  '63;  mis.sing.  He  re- 
turned home  and  died  since  the  war. 

J.  A.  Kanipe,  enlisted  August  14,  '61;  died  since  the  war. 

J.  L.  Carpenter,  enlisted  October  1,  '62;  lost  sight  of. 

A.  K.  Cline,  enlisted  August  14,  '61;  a  brave  soldier;  paroled 
at  the  surrender;  returned  home  and  died  since  the  war. 

W.  P.  Cline,  enlisted  March  31,  '63;  died  from  the  effects  of 
wound  received  at  Gettysburg  Jul}-  1,  '63. 

Henry  P.  Lippard,  enlisted  March  31,  '63;  died  during  the  war. 

Alarcas  Lippard,  enlisted  Alarch  31,  '63;  died  in  prison  in  '64. 

Henry  Coonce,  enlisted  March  31,  '63.  He  was  a  quiet  peace- 
al)le  soldier;  survived  the  war;  lived  by  farming;  good  citizen: 
reared  a  family  and  left  them  in  good  circumstances;  died  in  1907. 

HENRY     COONCE 

Henry  Coonce  had  as  pure  native  German  qualities  as  Catawba 
sent  out,  and  she  sent  out  no  truer  man.  He  was  industrious,  economi- 
cal and  made  good  this  life.     He  died  at  a  ripe  old  age,  in  1907. 

Lemuel  L.  Crouse,  enlisted  September  25,  '62;  survived  the 
war;  died  at  his  home  since  the  war  an  honored  citizen. 

H.  F.  Cornelius,  nickname  "Old  Spike,"  was  a  jovial  com- 
panion, brave  soldier,  most  excellent  citizen.  He  survived  the 
war;  died  at  his  home  after  rearing  a  family,  the  sons  of  which 
are  respectable  citizens  in  the  county. 

George  Pink  Cansler,  enlisted  March  22,  '64;  He  was  a  good 
soldier;  once  captured;  survived  the  war;  went  West  where  he  is 
still  living. 

William  G.  Dixon,  enlisted  September  12,  '61 ;  was  captured, 
paroled,  and  afterwards  killed  in  battle. 

Samuel  Dixon,  enhsted  August  14,  '61;  died  at  Drury's  Bluff 
June  13,  '62. 


204 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Dr.  Caleb  Fink,  enlisted  October  18,  '61  and  died  of  fever  at 
Drury's  Bluff  June  13, '62.  In  his  death,  Co.  E.  lost  an  excellent 
man 

Miles  A.  Fry,  enlisted  August  14,  '(il ;  a  good  soldier;  survived 
the  war  but  died  soon  after. 

Thomas  B.  Hamilton,  enlisted  October  10.  '61:  mortally 
wounded  at  Gettysburg  and  died. 

Leonidas  Hamilton,  enUsted  March  31,   '63;  lost  sight  of. 

G.  W.  Halm,  enlisted  August  14,  '61;  wounded  at  Gettysburg; 
captured  and  imprisoned  at  Fort  Deleware.  While  in  prison,   he 
contracted  a  fever  from  the  effects  of  which  he  has  never  fully 
recovered.     (See  sketch-) 
PROF.  GEO.  W.  HAHN 

Prof.  Geo.  W.  Hahn, 
the  author  of  this  book 
and  subject  of  the 
sketch,  enlisted  in  the 
southern  army  Aug.  1st 
1861.  At  Gettysburg  he 
was  twice  wounded,  and 
to  save  himself  from  mu- 
tilation, he  improvised 
a  breast  work  out  of  the 
big  j-est  corpse  at  his  side. 
—  A  dead  fat  Yankee, 
and  here  remained  until 
the  enemy  were  driven 
back.  On  his  return 
from  Appomattox  ragg- 
ed and  dirty— all  his 
clothing  having  been 
sent  him  at  different 
times  during  the  war — 
his  mother  and  sisters 
set  to  work  to  provide 
clothing  for  their  three 
returned  boys.  On  the 
way  home  through 
Greensboro,  N.  C.  they 
snatched  from  a  car  run 
out  from  Richmond  a 
piece  of  gray  cloth.  Out 
of  this  and  an  old  yellow 
Yankee  tent,  a  suit  was 
made  for  each  and  for  respectable    shirts    their  sister  gave  a  blue  fade- 


MWtf^riLJS^ 


G.  W.   HAHN 
(The  boy  soldier  of  19) 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


205 


less  calico  dress.  With  these  provisions  they  were  enabled  to  go  and 
see  their  ntighbor. 

Rev.  R.  A.  Yoder,  D.  D.  volunteered  to  give  a  sketch  of  the  author's 
life  work  as  a  teacher,  since  way  back  in  the  sixties  he  was  one  of  his 
pupils.     The  following  are  his  remarks: — 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Catawba  County,  North  Car- 
olira,  on  the  18th  day  of  December,  1842.  He  is  the  son  of  Christian  Hahn 
and  Annie  Hahn.  He  is  a  descendant  of  that  sturdy  Geiman  race 
which  came  to  this  section  about  the  middle  of  the  Eighteenth  Century. 
He  inherited  from  his  ancestors    these    sterling    qualities    which    go    to 


(The  citizen  of  68) 

make  a  ti-ue  man-physical  strength,  industry,  energy, soberness,  honestly, 
truthfulness,  patriotism. 

His  early  years  were  spent  on  the  farm,  with  only  the  school  facili- 
ties which  these  days  afforded -a  few  months  in  a  year  in  the  Old    Field 


206  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

School.  His  early  education  was  therefore  necessarily  deficient.  How- 
ever with  an  abundance  of  native  energy,  and  a  quick  alert  mind,  he 
qualified  himself  to  teach  school  in  the  times  when  the  standard  was  not 
so  high  as  it  is  today.  He  began  teaching  his  life's  work  at  about  the 
age  of  seventeen.  The  Civil  War  interrupted  this  work.  After  Ihe  end 
of  that  struggle  he  attended  Catawba  College  at  Newton,  N.  C,  for 
several  years  to  fit  himself  better  for  his  chosen  profession  His  life  work 
has  been  that  of  a  teacher,  one  among  the  highest  callings  of, life.  And 
measured  by  the  number  of  those  whom  he  has  taught,  and  by  arousing 
the  latent  energies  and  slumbering  faculties  in  his  pupils,  and  in  stimu- 
lating them  to  their  best  efforts  and  striving  after  higher  ideals,  he  has 
been  eminently  successful.  For  forty-five  years  he  has  followed  without, 
interruption  this  laudable  calling.  The  territory  over  which  he  has  taught 
embraces  Mecklenburg,  Gaston,  Cleveland,  Lincoln,  Catawba,  Buike, 
Wilkes,  Jackson,  and  Haywood  Counties  in  N.  C. ;  and  Cliester  and 
Columbia  in  S.  C.  He  numbers  his  pupils  by  the  thousand.  Among  them 
are  pi'ominent  men  in  all  the  various  professions  of  life.  He  has  done 
a  splendid  work  for  his  country.  As  a  former  pupil  of  his  and  a  life- 
long friend  the  writer  of  this  sketch  desires  to  record  this  tribute  to  his 
work. — 

George  W  Hahn,  as  he  appears  to  the  mind  of  the  writer  today,  is: 

Physically,  small,  wiry,  quick,  alert,  sur-charged  with  energy,  gees 
rather  fast,  takes  hold  of  life  as  if  he  were  in  earnest,  has  no  time  to 
wait  for  the  humdrum  world  about  him. 

Socially,  agreeable,  full  of  life,  jovial,  likes  to  see  live  people,  en- 
joys a  good  joke  at  any  time. 

Mentally,  strong,  beats  back  opposition  with  a  strong  will,  and  docs 
not  yield  unless  compelled  by  argument  or  force  of  circumstances,  inde- 
pendent, is  not  afraid  to  assume  responsibility,  leads  off,  is  his  own 
master,  if  others  like  his  course  all  right,  if  not  they  can  let  it  alone. 

Gaorge  W.  Hahn  has  rendered  valuable  service  to  his  country,  both 
in  war  and  in  peace,  and  has  impressed  his  strong  personality  upon  this 
generation  and  upon  those  to  coma  as  an  educator.  And  may  he  be 
eminently  successful  in  his  labor  of  love  in  laying  this  tribute  of  respect 
upon  the  memory  of  his  comrades  inarms,  "The  Catawba  Soldier  of  the 
Civil  War."  R.  A.  Yoder 

Lincolnton,  N.  C,  Jan.  20,  1911. 

M.  R.  Hamilton,  enlisted  August  14,  '61;  wounded  at  Gettys- 
burg and  soon  after  died  from  its  effects.  Company  E.  lost  an- 
other brave  soldier  and  splendid  young  man. 

Peter  Hedrick,  enlisted  March  31,  '63;  died  September  3, '63. 

Levi  Hedrick,  enlisted  March  31,  '63,  survived  the  war;  made 
his  living  by  farming;  still  living. 

Logan  Huitt,  enlisted  August  14,  '61;  killed  October  4,  '63  at 
Warrenton,  Va.    A  good  boy  and  a  brave  soldier  had  fallen. 

A.  M.  Huitt,  enlisted  March  31,  '63;  a  good  brave  young 
soldier;  survived  the  war;  was  a  model  farmer;  represented  the 
county    in    the    Legislature;    also    once    county    commissioner; 


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207 


died  in  middle  of  life  of  typhoid  fever. 

J.  Pink  Hunsucker,  enlisted  Aug  14,  '61;  made  a  good  soldier; 
survived  the  war;  is  still  living  farming. 

Jonas  Hunsucker,  enhsted  March  31,  '63;  survived  the  war; 
engaged  in  farming  in  which  he  was  successful;  is  now  living  on  a 
model  farm  at  Conover,  N.  C. 

Jarrett,  D.  P.,  enlisted  December  19,  '01.     (See  sketch.) 


D.  PINK  JARRETT 

D.  Pink  Jarrett  en- 
listed in  Company  E. 
32nd  Regiment,  Decem- 
ber 18,  1861.  Notwith- 
standing his  corpulency, 
he  underwent  the  hard- 
ships better  than  other 
men  of  lighter  weight, 
and  strange  to  say,  large 
as  he  was,  he  was  never 
wounded.  He  was  a 
kind-hearted  boy,  but 
resisted  insults  or  any- 
thing that  savored  of 
tyranny. 

He  survived  the  war, 
made  a  good  living  by 
farming,  and  is  today 
an  active  fat  man.  He 
has  served  his  country 
well  both  in  peace  and 
war. 


Jonas,  G.  W.,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  was  discharged 
August  17,  '61 ;  lost  sight  of. 

Little,  Albert,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  was  promoted 
to  Orderly  Sergeant,  and  survived  the  war,  going  to  Texas, 
where  he  entered  some  of  the  Texas  Conferences.  He  was 
conceded  to  be  the  bravest  man  in  the  Company. 

Little,  W.  S.,  enlisted  February  25,  '63;  he  was  wounded 
at  Gettysburg;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Little,  John  A.,  enlisted  January  2,  '62;  he  made  a  good 
soldier;  he  is  still  living,  an  independent  farmer  In  Lincoln 


208 


THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 


County. 

Little,  M.  A.,  enlisted  November  10,  '63;  lost  sight  of. 

Lynn,  John  F.,  enlisted  April  12,  '62;  he  is  now  living 
on  his  farm,  after  a  life  of  hard  labor,  a  paralytic. 

Lynn,  Henry  B.,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  was  pro- 
moted to  Corporal;  he  was  killed  at  Gettysburg;  he  was  a 
brave  soldier. 

Loftin,  Edmund,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  was  dis- 
charged in  January,  '62;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Lore,  David,  enlisted  March  31,  '63;  after  the  war,  he 
made  a  comfortable  living  farming;  he  was  an  extensive 
reader,  and  a  loyal  citizen;  he  died  February,  1911. 

McGinnis,  Gilbert  A.,  enlisted  September  8,  '61 ;  he  was 
wounded  at  Gettysburg;  he  engaged  in  farming  after  the 
war,  and  is  a  good  citizen.     (See  photo  and  sketch.) 


G.  A.  McGINNIS 

G.  A.  McGinnis  en- 
listed in  Company  E, 
32nd  Regiment  on  Sep- 
tember 5th,  1861.  He 
served  as  a  good  soldier 
until  at  Spottsylvania 
Court  House,  where  he 
was  wounded.  Soon 
after  his  recovery,  he 
returned  to  the  war 
where  he  remained  un- 
til the  close.  On  his  re- 
turn home  he  spent  his 
life  farming,  at  which 
he  was  successful.  He 
is  still  living,  a  good 
quiet  citizen. 


Miller,  Abram,  enlisted  March  31,  '63;  was  taken  pris- 
oner once;  he  died  recently  on  his  farm. 


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209 


Moser,  M.  M.,  enlisted  March  31,  '63;  he  died  melancholy 
during  the  war. 

Null,  Adam,  enlisted  March  31,  '63;  he  was  a  quiet,  in- 
offensive man,  and  died  in  the  County  Home  in  1910. 

Mitchell,  William  J.,  enlisted  November  3,  '64;  he  died 
during  the  war. 

Probst,  John  W.,  enlisted  August  14,  '63.  (See  sketch.) 
.JOHN  W.  PROPST 

I  enlisted  in  Mallett's 
Batalion  near  States- 
ville.  in  the  fall  of  1882. 
Soon  after  we  were  call- 
ed to  Kingston,  where 
we  engaged  in  battle 
from  9  o'clock  until  3  in 
the  evening;  we  were 
forced  to  retreat  to  the 
Neuse  River  where  we 
attempted  to  cross,  after 
the  bridge  was  set  on 
fire  on  the  opposite  side. 
While  on  the  burning 
bridge  jammed  with 
men,  I  found  to  remain 
here,  was  instant  death. 
I  managed  to  get  out- 
side the  baliisters  and 
came  back,  ran  up  the 
river  and  was  captured. 
I  was  exchanged  in  two 
months  thereafter.  In 
the  Spring  of  1863,  I 
joined  Co.  E.  32  Regi- 
ment by  transfer. 

On  the  15th  of  September.  I. was  wounded  seven  miles  below  Win- 
chester, which  gave  me  a  furlough  of  two  months.  On  my  return,  I 
was  detailed  to  govern  forage  at  Petersburg.  I  was  sick  in  Hospital  on 
the  29th  of  March  when  the  stampede  occured  at  Petersburg,  and  was 
hastened  to  Richmond,  where  I  was  again  captured 

After  the  evacuation  of  Richmond,  1  fell  into  the  enemies'  hands 
again,  and  was  taken  to  Newport  News  where  I  was  detained  until  the 
surrender,  being  released  in  June  1865,  after  which  I  returned  home. 
I  set  to  work  as  other  men,  and  by  dint  of  effort  and  perseverance.  I 
made  a  living  that  summer.  Year  after  year  since,  I  kept  accumulating 
until  I  made  good,  raised  a  considerable  family,  and  am  now  retu-ed  to 
the  wide  awake  little  city  of  Hickory,  and  for  past  time,  am  engaged 
in  trucking-a  happy  and  contented  old  gentlemen. 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Reep,  Daniel,  enlisted  August  14,  '61;  was  taken  pris- 
oner ;  he  died  some  years  ago. 

Reep,  Alfred,  enlisted  March  31,  '63;  he  is  a  farmer,  still 
living. 

Reep,  Christopher,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  made  a 
splendid  soldier;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Robinson,  F,  O.,  enlisted  January  2,  '63.     (See  sketch.) 

FRANCIS      OSBORNE 
ROBINSON 

Francis  Osborne  Robin- 
son was  born  April  15th, 
1843.  Was  reared  upon 
a  farm  in  Mountain 
Creek  Township,  Cat- 
awba County,  N.  C.  He 
vohinteered  at  the  call 
of  his  country,  June  2, 
1862;  Joined  Co.  E.  32 
Regiment  under  Capt. 
M.  W.  Wilson;  served 
fifteen  months  in  regular 
field  service;  was  then 
detailed  to  drive  an 
ambulance,  at  which  he 
was  captured  at  Gettys- 
burg, on  South  Mountain 
Turnpike  road  at  mid- 
night on  the  fourth  and 
fifth  of  July,  1863,  while 
in  charge  of  a  load  of 
wounded  Confederate 
officers. 

He  was  first  sent  to 
Fort  Delaware  where  he 

remained  for  three  or  four  months;  thence  removed  to  Pt.  Lookout,  Md., 
where  he  remained  until  exchanged  in  Feb.  1865.  He  was  then  sent  to 
Camp  Lee,  Richmond;  thence  sent  home  on  a  sixty  day's  furlough,  but 
never  returned  to  service,  as  Lee  surrendered  before  furlough  expired. 
He  is  still  living,  on  a  competency  acquired  by  industry  and 
economy. 

Sherrill,  A.  E.,  enlisted  March  31,  '62;  he  died  since  the 
war, 

Setzer,  J.  Sidney,  enlisted  August  14,  '61.  (See  sketch 
and  photo.) 


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211 


J.  SIDNEY  SETZER 

I  enlisted  at  Newton, 
N.  C,  in  August  1861. 
We  were  the  First  N.C. 
Batallion ;  later  Company 
E,  32nd  Regiment.  I 
was  not  the  bravest  of 
the  brave,  though  par- 
ticipated in  every  en- 
gagement my  regiment 
engaged  in  (until  captur- 
ed.) Beginning  with  a 
slight  skirmish  at  Win- 
ston, N.  C,  the  battles 
of  Gettysburg,  Wilder- 
ness, and  Spottsylvania 
Court  House  being  the 
most  disastrous.  Dur- 
ing the  three  days  bat- 
tle at  Gettysburg  I 
witnessed  about  eight 
men  in  hand  to  hand 
struggle  over  a  Federal 
flag,  using  butts  of 
guns;  one  Confererate 
soldier  only  securing  it. 
Confronting  Heights 
third  day,  in  front  of  Battery,  and  small  arms,  I  witnessed  a  number 
of  our  men  torn  asunder,  threads  of  flesh  thrown  into  low  limbs  of  over- 
hanging trees.  We  were  on  the  banks  of  a  deep  ravine  at  edge  of 
woods,  the  front  being  a  steep  field,  and  our  only  refuge  was  falling  into 
the  ravine,  crawl  to  the  left  to  front  cover  of  woods,  when  we  charged 
and  dislodged  the  enemy  for  a  time.  At  dusk,  when  both  armies  began 
to  retreat,  I  was  on  skirmish  between  the  two  and  was  slightly  wound- 
ed, but  remained  with  the  command.  Our  retreat  recrossing  swollen 
Rappahannock,  struck  us  under  arms,  compelling  us  to  cling  in  groups 
of  fours  to  avoid  washing  down.  After  hard  battles  of  Wilderness  to 
Spottsylvania  Court  House,  half  or  more  of  our  survivors  were  captur- 
ed, including  myself.  The  loss  of  life  was  appalling.  Our  captors 
nearly  drunk,  how!ed;"no  quarters."  Interference  of  their  ofl^cers  saved 
us  from  massacre.  We  were  rushed  through  their  six  lines  of  battle 
over  more  dead  than  I  ever  witnessed  elsewhere.  We  were  conveyed  to 
Point  Lookout,  Md. ;  later  to  Elmyra,  N.  Y.,  suffering  untold  destitution 
at  both  places.  I  was  paroled  February  25,  1865,  and  sent  to  Richmond, 
and  from  there  home.  Was  not  exchanged,  consequently  was  at  home 
when  the  war  ended.  The  hardships,  dangers,  etc.,  of  the  four  years 
were  almost  intolerable. 

After  returning  home    I  engaged  in  farming  and  school  teaching    in 


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THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 


the  common  schools  for  a  few  years.  Having  no  means  to  begin  with 
in  the  way  of  money  or  inheritance  of  property,  I  bought  a  small  farm 
in  Caldwell  County  on  credit.  Was  married  and  settled  down  where 
wife  and  I  labored  together  on  the  little  farm  until  it  was  paid  for.  We 
then  sold  it  and  bought  a  better  one  and  later  sold  it  for  a  profit.  I  then 
bought  a  farm  and  mill  in  partnership  near  Lenoir,  N.  C.  and  lost 
mjaey.  Later  was  a  salesmm  and  manager  in  general  merchandising 
store  for  nine  years.  Made  some  money  out  of  former  dealings,  but 
saved  little  from  sales  wa^es.  Then  bought  small  interest  in  cotton 
mill.  etc.  at  Granite  Falls,  N.  C.  where  I  worked  on  salary  and  accumu- 
lated. I  then  moved  to  South  Carolina  where  I  lost  in  a  partnership 
neai'ly  all.  Returned  to  Hickory  and  engaged  in  mercantile  business; 
accumulated  rapidly  for  a  few  years,  then  suffered  a  loss  of  $15,000.00 
by  fire.  My  losses  in  all  aggregated  about  $15,000.00  or  $20,000.00  by 
partnerships  and  fire.  I  am  now  in  my  70th  year,  am  in  comfortable 
circumstances.  Wife  still  living.  Five  living  children;  all  married  and 
in  fairly  good  circumstances.  Two  children  dead.  I  am  still  in  the 
mercantile  business. 

Shuford,  David,  enlisted  in  '63.     (See  sketch.) 


DAVID  H.    SHUFORD 

David  H.  Shuford 
joined  Company  E,  32 
Regiment  at  Spottsyl- 
vania  in  February,  1864. 
He  was  with  his  com- 
pany and  engaged  in  all 
the  battles  it  was  in  un- 
til the  surrender.  Amid 
all  the  trying  places,  he 
was  never  wounded  but 
once — a  slight  wound  on 
the     thumb. 

He  has  spent  these 
years  in  merchandising 
and  farming,  and  is  to- 
day a  respected  citizen. 


Sherrill,  M.  W.,  enlisted  September  12,  '61.     (See  sketch 
and  photo.) 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


21? 


MARCUS    W.      SHER- 
RILL 

Marcus  W.  Sherrill 
was  born  July  31,  1863. 
He  enlisted  in  Company 
E,  32nd  Regiment  Aug- 
ust 1861.  Was  at  home 
on  sick  furlough  at  the 
time  of  the  surrender. 
Was  married  October 
12,  1865  to  Miss  Mattie 
Cornelius,  who  with 
three  sons  and  one  dau- 
ghter are  living. 

He  has  been  a  suc- 
cessful farmer  since  the 
war. 


.-^ 


^^^^ 


Smyre,  Logan,  enlisted  October  26,  '61 ;  he  was  discharg- 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


€d  August  17,  '62;  he  was  a  good  soldier;  he  died  since 
the  war. 

Turner,  John,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  was  a  brave 
soldier;  he  was  killed  while  carrying  the  flag  at  Spottsyl- 
vania. 

Sigmon,  J.  Churchill.     (See  sketch.) 

J.         CHURCHILL 
SIGMON 

J.  Churchill  Sigmon 
enlisted  at  the  age  of 
18,  in  1863;  was  drilled 
awhile  at  Camp  Vance 
in  Burke;  from  there  he 
was  sent  to  Wilmington, 
N.  C. ;  thence  to  the 
Valley  of  Vii-ginia  near 
Winchester.  He  was 
there  enrolled  in  Co.  G., 
35  N.  C.  Regiment.  In 
1864,  he  was  in  his  first 
battle  at  Bunker's  Hill. 
He  served  as  a  sharp- 
shooter all  the  time  in 
the  Valley.  His  next 
battle  was  Fisher's  Hill 
where  he  was  knocked 
senseless  by  a  shell, 
from  which  he  still 
suffers  with  a  nervous 
headache.  On  March 
the  25th,  he  received  a 
flesh  wound  which  kept 
him  out  of  service  until 

the  surrender;  yet  he  remained  with  his  command  and  saw  Gen.  Lee  ride 
up  to  the  Apple  Tree  under  whose  branches  he  surrendered.  He  return- 
ed in  company  with  E.  L.  Hahn,  L.  R.  Whitener,  and  others.  In  1872 
he  married  and  has  raised  a  family  of  six  children.  He  owns  a  good 
farm,  and  today  has  all  that  heart  could  wish,  and  a  bank  account,  suffi- 
cient to  ease  off  a  life  of  toil  and  yet  leave  his  family  in  good  circum- 
stances. A  peaceable,  industrious  and  economical  man  is  he.  It  can 
well  be  said  of  tho.se  still  living,  such  as  he: 

"Ye  are  better  than  all  the    Ballads 
Which  were  ever  sung  or  said; 
For  ye  are  living  poems, 
And  all  the  rest  are  dead." 


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215 


Turner,  Joseph,  enlisted  March  17,  '63 ;  he  was  discharg- 
ed November  1,  '63;  he  died  in  1900. 

Wade,  W.  A.,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  was  captured 
and  never  returned. 

Wade,  L.  R.,  enlisted  August  14,  '61.     (See  sketch.) 

R.  L.  Wade  was  one  of  the  best  soldiers  in  Co.  E.  He  was  a  talented 
young  man,  kept  himself  posted  on  the  news.  At  Gettysburg,  he  was 
struck  in  the  shoulder  with  a  piece  of  shell,  and  died  the  third  day  after. 
He  lay  at  the  author's  tent,  or  nearby,  and  suffered  intensely  until  death 
relieved  him.  He  was  neglected  by  physicians,  until  his  condition  be- 
came such  that  it  is  too  terrible  to  describe. 

Warlick,  Lafayette,  enlisted  September  12,  '61.  (See 
sketch. 

Lafayette  Warlick  was  worth  his  weight  in  gold  on  a  long  march  on 
a  hot  day.  He  is  a  natural  born  poet, —a  live  wire.  His  only  fault  was, 
he  delighted  in  making  one  mad.  He  was  the  poet  laureate  of  the  Re- 
giment, and  a  skilled  "Forrager. " 

Workman,  S.  E.,  enlisted  August  14,  '61.  (See  sketch 
and  photo.) 


SOLOMON         WORK- 
MAN 

Solomon  Workman  en- 
listed August  14th, 
1861,  in  Co.  E.  F.  32nd 
Regiment,  and  served 
faithfully  during  the 
war.  He  never  shirked 
his  duty  and  was  one  of 
the  bravest  boys  of  the 
company.  He  made  a 
living  by  hard  labor, 
and  died  some  years  ago. 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Winebarger,  Noah  W.,  enlisted  March  31,  '63;  he  died 
since  the  war  on  his  farm. 

•    Winebarger,  Silas,  enlisted  March  5,  '63 ;  he  was  wound- 
ed at  Gettysburg,  and  died  since  the  war. 

Whitener,  David  R. 

Wilkerson,  W.  A.,  enlisted  October  10,  '62;  he  was  once 
a  prisoner ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Wilkinson,   D.   D..  enlisted   March   31,   '63;  he  was  lost 
sight  of. 

Wilson,  Henry  M.,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  died  since 
the  war. 

Wilson,  Daniel  C,  enlisted  August   14,   '61 ;  he  died  in 
Hickory,  January  14,  1911. 

Wilson,  Newton,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  died  in  '63 
from  wound  received  at  Gettysburg. 

Wilson,  A.  S.     (See  sketch  and  photo.) 

AUSTIN    WILSON 

Austin  Wilson  enlist- 
ed at  the  time  Co.  E. 
32nd  Regiment  was  or- 
i^anized  at  Newton, 
Aug.  1861.  Being  physi- 
cally not  strong,  he 
could  not  endure  many 
hardships.  The  first 
skirmish,  which  he  en- 
countered was  at  Wins- 
ton, N.  C,  taken  by  sur- 
prise. Abel  Cansler, 
the  author  and  Wilson 
were  all  sick  in  the  up- 
per room  of  a  hotel,  and 
when  the  boats  opened 
fire  on  the  town,  we  all 
three  took  up  our  beds, 
and  ran,  never  stopping 
until  wie  reached  Mur- 
freesboro,  Wilson  arriv- 
ing first.  For  disability 
he-  was  discharged  some 
time  in  1862.  He  was, 
and  is  to-day,  a  feeble 
old    bachelor,    with    as 


OF   THE   CIVIL  WHR 


217 


big  a  heart  as  ever  beat  in  the  breast  of  man.  No  matter  who  was  sick 
in  our  company,  Wilson  was  by  their  bunk,  attending  to  their  wants. 
The  author  saw  him  once  hire  a  wheelbarrow  and  haul  one  of  his  sick 
comrades  five  miles  to  Camp.  A  jolly,  good  fellow  was  Aus.,  now  a 
devoted  Presbyterian,  ready  for  the  call  beyond  the  River.  "A  hoary 
head  is  a  crown  of  life  if  found  in  the  way  of  Righteousness." 

Wilson,  Nathaniel,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  died  Aug- 
ust 16.  '62. 

(The  above  named  brothers  were  Christians,  and  kept 
the  company  instructed  in  the  Scriptures.) 

Yount,  Reuben  L.,  enlisted  February  25,  '63.     (See  sketch 
and  photo.) 
REUBEN  L.  YOUNT 

I  was  born  and  raised  a 
farmer.  In  February, 
1863,  I  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany E,  32nd  N.  C. 
Regiment;  joined  the 
command  near  Kinston, 
N.  C,  and  remained 
with  it  until  July  1,  1863, 
when  I  lost  my  right 
hand.  I  also  received 
another  severe  wound 
at  Gettysburg,  Pa. 

I  was  captured  and 
taken  to  David's  Island 
(east  of  New  York  City) 
and  kept  there  until 
September,  when  I  was 
exchanged  and  sent  back 
across  the  line,  landing 
at  City  Point,  near 
Petersburg,  Va.  I  was 
then  taken  to  the  N.  C. 
Hospital,  where  I  got  a 
sixty  days  furlough.  I 
then     went    home,    and 

after  the  furlough  was  out,  I  I'eturned  to  the  command  and  got  my 
charge. 

I  took  a  position  as  night  watchman  at  Catawba,  N.  C,  for  the  W. 
N.  C.  Railway,  which  I  held  until  the  close  of  the  war.  After  the  war 
I  worked  on  the  farm  and  attended  the  country  schools  until  the  fall  of 
1868,  when  I  went  to  Newton  and  entered  Catawba  High  School,  then 
under  the  management  of  Rev.  .J.  C.  Clapp    and  Maj.    S.  M.    Finger.     I 


dis- 


218 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


remained  there  until  October  5,  1871,  when  I  left  school,  owing  to  a 
bereavement  in  the  family. 

During  the  time  I  was  in  school  at  Newton,  I  taught  two  winters 
and  after  quitting  school  I  taught  during  the  winter  and  worked  on  the 
farm  during  the  summer  until  1873.  I  then  went  to  Missouri  where  I 
began  teaching  again,  both  summer  and  winter.  The  schools  there  were 
from  five  to  six  months  long  in  the  winter,  and  in  the  summer,  from 
three  to  four  months. 

I  left  Missouri  in  June,  1881,  and  landed  home  the  20th  of  the  same 
month.  After  coming  home  I  began  teaching  again  during  the  winter, 
and  farmed  the  summer  months  for  several  years. 

Took  a  position  as  U.  S.  store-keeper  and  guager  December  18th, 
1885,  which  I  held  until  I  was  relieved  by  another  man,  September  1st, 
1809.  Then  I  went  home,  went  to  farming,  and  am  still  following  same, 
and  suppose  I  will  as  long  as  I  live. 

•  Cloninger,  Postell.     (See  sketch  and  photo.) 

J.     POSTELL     CLON- 
INGER 

I  enlisted  in  May  1864. 
Was  sent  to  Camp  Vance 
for  drill,  and  there  was 
formed  into  the  3rd  Bat- 
allion,  of  16  year  old 
boys.  From  there,  I, 
with  a  few  others,  was 
transferred  to  Company 
E.  32  N.  C.  Regiment, 
in  Oct,  '64.  We  found  it 
at  Winchester.  The  day 
after,  I  was  introduced 
to  the  mimmie  balls,  — 
my  first  experience. 
After  that  day,  I  was  in 
all  the  principal  battles 
the  32nd  Regiment  en- 
gaged in,  the  fiercest  of 
which  were  Cedar  Run, 
and  Fisher's  Hill. 

We  were  then  sent  to 
Petersburg,  and  here 
my  experience  was  still 
further  perfected.  I 
was  captured  at  Appo- 
mattox Bridge,— captured  because  the  bridge  was  on  fire  preventing  our 
crossing  over.  The  number  of  captured  were  about  3500.  We  were 
hastened  to  Newport  News,  where  we  had  the  toughest  time  of  all. 

We  were  not  released  until  July  3rd,  1865.     On  my  return,    I  found 


OF   THE   CIVIL  WAR  219 

destitution  at  home,  but  I  was  sufficiently  inured  to  it,  and  I  discarded 
the  venmin  Jacket,  put  on  the  best  I  could  find  and  went  to  work  to  sus- 
tain life.  I  was  successful  on  my  farm  and  in  the  manufacturing  of 
flour  and  am  now  in  very  easy  circumstances.  I  have  my  farm  and  mill 
leased,  and  make  my  home  in  Hickory,  where  I  own  real  estate.  The 
family  I  raised  are  a  joy  and  honor  to  me.  My  two  sons  in  Oklahama 
are  doing  well.  I  hereby  greet  the  comrades,  not  only  of  my  own  re- 
giment, but  of  the  State  and  South  as  well. 

Yount,  A.  S.,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  was  discharged 
in  '63  for  disability ;  he  died  recently  on  his  farm  near 
Claremont,  N.  C. 

Yount,  M.  P.,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  died  January 
13.  '62. 

Yount,  J.  L.,  enlisted  August  14,  '61. 


COMPANY  F.,  32ND  REGIMENT. 


OFFICERS. 

Smith,  Peter,  Captain,  enlisted  in  April,  1861,  and  joined 
Rapp's  Rangers ;  he  is  still  living  at  Conover,  N.  C. 

Adderholdt,  John,  1st  Lieutenant,  died  and  was  buried  at 
his  home  church  (Concord),  in  1861. 

Lowrance,  W.  E.,  was  promoted  from  Sergeant  to  1st 
Lieutenant;  he  was  wounded  in  the  knee  in  the  year  '63, 
which  necessitated  the  amputation  of  a  leg  above  the  knee; 
he  is  still  living  in  Memphis,  Tenn. 

Loretts,  Daniel  P.,  2nd  Lieutenant,  was  commissioned 
April  27,  1861 ;  he  was  wounded  in  the  thigh  at  Winchester 
on  September  19,  1863 ;  he  was  captured  and  paroled,  dy- 
ing after  the  close  of  the  war. 

Fish,  Henry,  3rd  Sergeant,  enlisted  April  27,  '61,  and 
died  August  17,  '62. 

Kale,  Poiser,  5th  Sergeant ;  died  during  the  war. 

McNeill,  Thos.  J.,  1st  Corporal;  enlisted  April  27,  '61; 
he  was  a  genius  in  drawing,  etc. ;  he  died  during  the  latter 
i>ai't  of  the  war. 


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THE   CATAWBA   SOLEIER 


Bridges,  Theo.  A.,  2nd  Corporal;  enlisted  Awril  27,  '61; 

*'fter  the  close  of  the  war  he  came  home,  moved  to  Texas, 

and  died  in  that  State. 

Abernathy,  Patrick,  3rd  Corporal;  enlisted  April  27,  "61, 

;^nd  died  April  18,  '62. 

Long,  J.  U.,  4th  Corporal.  (See  sketch  and  photo.) 
J.  U.  LONG 
J.  U.  Long  was  a 
Corporal  in  Company  F, 
32nd  Regiment  from  its 
formation,  April  27, 
1861,  to  the  close,  April 
9,  1865.  He  was  never 
known  to  flinch  from 
any  duty  imposed  upon 
him.  He  was  wounded 
at  Gettysburg  in  1863. 
On  his  return,  he,  like 
the  major  part  of  the 
returned  veterans,  did 
not  hesitate  long  what 
to  do,  but  went  to  work, 
and  by  his  industry, 
economy  and  persever- 
ance, he  acquired  quite 
a  little  fortune.  He 
has  been  a  leading  citi- 
zen of  his  county,  hav- 
ing served  as  chairman 
of  the  Board  of  County 
Commissioners  for  four 
years,  not  having  miss- 
ed a  meeting.  He  is  -^ 
now  serving  the  County  as  Treasurer,  having  just  been  re-elected  to  a 
second  term,  which  re-election  shows  his  efficiency  and  popularity.  He, 
among  many  other  of  his  comrades,  has  been  a  main  factor  in  the  devel- 
opment of  the  best  interests  of  the  county,  especially  having  manifested 
a  lively  interest  in  educational  and  religious  matters.  "He  that  is  dilli- 
gent  in  his  business,  shall  stand  before  Kings;  he  shall  not  stand  before 
mere  men." 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WR  221 

Hunsucker,  W.  Nelson  W.     (See  sketch  and  photo.) 


W.      NELSON      HUN 
SUCKER 

W.  Nelson  Hunsucker 
enlisted  in  Company  F, 
32nd  Regiment,  April 
27,  186L  He  was  4th 
Sergeant.  Was  a  brave 
and  good  soldier.  He 
returned  at  the  close  of 
the  war  and  became  a 
mechanic  (brick   layer. ) 

He  is  another  of  Ca- 
tawba's good  men;  hence 
made  good  his  career. 
He  is  still  living,  a  mon- 
ument inured  to  hard 
ships. 


PRIVATES. 

Abernethy,  M.  A.,  enlisted  February  25,  '63.     (See  photo 

Adderholt,  Wm.  H.,  enlisted  January  1,  '63;  came  home 
from  the  war  at  the  surrender  at  Appomattox  and  lived 
a  most  excellent  citizen  and  successful  farmer;  the  last 
fifteen  or  twenty  years  of  his  life  was  lived  in  Iredell  Coun- 
ty, just  North  of  Statesville;  he  died  in  1910. 

Adderholt,  Thos.  S.,  enlisted  January  1,  '64;  after  the 
surrender  he  went  to  Mississippi,  where  he  married  and 
still  lives. 

Bynum,  John  G..  enlisted  August  14,  '61;  he  was  pro- 
moted to  Orderly  Sergeant;  he  was  captured  at  Spottsyl- 
vania  C.  H. ;  after  the  close  of  the  war  he  came  home,  set- 
tled down  on  the  farm,  where  he  still  lives. 

Bailey,  John,  enlisted  April  26,  '61 ;  he  died  since  the  war. 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


M.  A.  ABERNETHY 

The  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  Ca- 
tawba county  on  Sept- 
ember 26.  1844.  All  the 
education  he  got,  prior 
to  the  civil  war,  was  in 
the  "old  field"  public 
schools,  of  the  kind  that 
existed  in  that  day.  He 
enlisted  in  Company  F, 
32nd  Regiment  N.  C. 
Troops  early  in  the  year 
1863.  He  was  in  all  the 
regular  fought  battles, 
from  the  battle  of  Get- 
tysburg to  the  surren- 
der, on  the  9th  of  April, 
1865,  that  the  army  of 
Northern  Va.  was  en- 
gaged in.  Was  wound- 
ed but  once,  a  flesh 
wound,  in  the  right  arm 
on  the  19th  day  of  Sep- 
tember, 1864,  near  Win- 
chester, Va.  He  was 
in  the  surrender  at  Appomattox  Court  House,  Va.,  and  when  he  receiv- 
ed his  parole  he  started  for  home,  in  company  with  Capt  P.  C.  Shuford* 
Dr.  Geo.  Tate  Powell,*  A.  B.  Powell,  Wm.  H.  Aderholdt,*  Thos. 
Aderholdt,  A.  K.  Cline,*  Henry  D.  Hill  and  Rev.  E.  W.  Thompson.* 
Chaplain  of  the  43rd  Regiment.  (Five  of  whom  are  now  dead.  See 
marked  *  )  All  kept  together  until  they  arrived  at  Statesville,  N.  C. 
There  the  crowd  parted— part  going  down  the  way,  towards  Troutman's 
depot,  part  up  the  Western  R.  R.  toward  Catawba  depot,  and  three  of 
the  boys,  viz:  Abernethy  and  the  two  Powells,  struck  straight  for  home 
by  way  of  the  old  "Buffalo  Shoal  ford"  road.  The  three  arriving  at 
at  their  homes  at  the  Long  Island  Cotton  Mills  about  the  middle  of  the 
day,  on  April  12,  1885. 

In  the  army  life  of  this  young  soldier,  (being  yet  scarcely  21  at  the 
close  of  army  life),  many  things  might  be  related  that  w^ould  doubtless 
be  interesting  to  all  who  read  this  sketch,  but  space  does  not  admit  of 
them  here.  But  just  one  must  be  allowed,  and  it  is  this:  On  the  re- 
treat of  the  Confederate  army  from  the  Gettysburg  battle  Lee's  forces, 
part  of  them,  crossed  the  Potomac  river  back  into  the  Valley  of  Va. 
at  Williamsport,  and  the  river  was  swollen  to  the  extent,  that  it  was 
necessary  for  him  to  wade  on  the  lower  side  of  four  of  the 
largest  men  in  the  company  to  keep    his   head    above    the  water.      This 


OF  THE   CIVIL  WAR  223 

served  as  a  break  to  keep  the  water  from  forcing  him  down  the  stream 
(Being  like  Zaccharus  low  of  statue.)  And  then  the  water  struck  him 
just  between  the  right  ear  and  shoulder.  The  order  was  to  keep  car- 
tridges dry,  but  this  little  soldier  would  have  had  to  held  his  above  his 
head,  which  he  tried  for  awhile,  but  could  not  hold  out  and  survive,  and 
consequently,  his  ammunition  got  well  soaked  before  he  reached  the 
Virgin  bank  of  the  river. 

This  Catawba  boy,  like  most  of  the  Confederate  soldiers,  landed  at 
home  penniless,  but  not  without  ambition,  and  unyielding  determination 
(that  knows  no  defeat)  to  be  a  man  and  do  something  in  the  world. 
Hence  he,  after  working  on  the  farm  the  first  summer,  began  to  go  to 
school  (again)  in  order  to  equip  himself  for  a  useful  life,  notwithstand- 
ing his  best  days,  for  this  purpose,  had  been  spent  in  the  war.  In  the 
latter  part  of  the  year  he  went  to  a  private  school,  taught  by  Mr. 
"Mark"  Robinson,  near  Catawba  Station,  (then)  for  the  term  of  three 
months.  In  the  spring  of  1867  he  went  to  a  grammar  school  taught  by 
Dr.  Brantly  York. 

This  school  of  Dr.  York's,  was  conducted  in  the  same  little  old  "log 
school-house",  that  Robinson  taught  in  the  summer  before. 

In  the  latter  part  of  the  following  summer,  in  the  same  old  "log- 
house  M.  A.  Abernethy  taught  his  first  school;  following  teaching  in  the 
public  schools,  in  Catawba  and  Iredell  counties,  for  more  than  thirty 
years.  At  the  same  time  farming  principally,  for  a  living;  for  the  salary 
of  the  teacher,  was  insufl[icient  for    this;  only  coming  in  as  a  supplement. 

In  the  year  1880,  the  8th,  of  October,  the  M.  E.  Church  South  licen- 
sed him  to  preach,  and  in  some  parts  of  his  county,  he  has  been  called  a 
Local  P.  E.  (presumably  because  of  his  being  familiarly  known  in  almost 
every  nook  and  corner  of  the  county). 

In  1880,  he  was  appointed  by  the  Census  Dept.  of  the  U.  S.  Govern- 
ment, to  take  the  census  of  Catawba  township,  which  he  performed  in 
24  days  in  June,  beginning  on  the  first. 

In  the  year  1896,  he  was  elected  on  the  Board  of  County  Commis- 
sioners, and  was  kept  on  the  Board,  for  three  successive  terms;  the  end 
of  the  third  term  expiring  on  Dec.  1st,  1892. 

In  1897,  he  was  elected  Sec.  &  Treas.  of  The  Farmers'  Mutual  Fire 
Ins.  Association,  Catawba  &  Burke  Branch,  and  was  in  1900,  made  Local 
Agt.  for  the  same,  taking  charge  of  the  office  work,  that  year  whose 
office  is,  and  has  been  in  the  town  of  Newton. 

And  he  has  so  successfully  managed  it,  that  it  has  grown  from  about 
three  hundred  and  fifty  thousand,  in  force,  to  one  million  and  four  hund- 
red thousand,  up  to  date,  (April  1st,  1911.)  in  force. 

In  the  year  1908,  he  was  appointed  by  the  Dept.  of  Agriculture  at 
Washington,  D.  C.  to  take  charge  of  the  Co-operative  Demonstration 
farm-work  in  Catawba  Co.  He  served  under  the  supervision  of  Dr.  S. 
A.  Knapp,  of  the  U.  S.  Dept.  of  Agriculture,  for  three  years,  viz:  1908, 
1909,  and  1910;  distributing  publications  on  the  best  and  latest  improved 
methods  of  farming,  showing  by  actual  demonstrations,  in  many  parts 
of  the  county,  that  the  yield  on  one  acre,  in  corn  and  cotton,  can  be  doub- 


224 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


led,  and  thribled,  if  the  proper  preparation  of  the  soil  be  made,  and  the 
right  kind  of  cultivation  given  throughout  the  season.  He  resigned,  this 
office,  (after  serving  acceptably,  both  with  the  Dept.  at  Washington,  and 
with  the  best  farmers  of  his  county,  about  March  1st,   1911. 

He  is  still  the  Sec.  Treas.  and  Local  Agt.  and  business  manager  of 
the  Farmers'  Mutual  Fire  Ins.  in  Catawba  &  Burke  counties.  Being 
elected  to  succeed  himself,  at  each  annual  meeting  of  the  Catawba  & 
Burke  Branch,  since  first  placed  in  this  responsible  office. 

Brother  Abernethy,  as  he  is  usually  called,  has  been  a  steward  in  the 
M.  E.  Church,  South,  for  more  than  forty  years,  as  well  as  a  Local 
preacher.  And  has  been  holding  services,  keeping  up  regular  appoint- 
ments at  the  County  Home,  once  a  month,  for  about  twenty  years.  And 
for  many  years  has  made  it  a  habit,  to  make  up,  and  carry  a  treat  to 
the  inmates  twice  a  year.  (Viz:  Christmas  and  Easter.) 

He  tries  to  be  useful  in  every  sphere  of  life,  when  and  wherever  he 
can  do  good.  Idleness  or  inactivity  has  no  place  in  his  life.  And  when- 
ever he  can  lift  humanity  to  something  better,  he  is  always  ready,  and 
consequently,  never  finds  himself  out  of  a  "job" 


M.   R.  BOST 

M.     R.    Bost  I 

in  Company  E,  32nd 
Regiment  some  time 
after  the  war  began. 
He  was  a  quiet  good 
soldier,  preforming  his 
duty  well.  After  the 
war  he  engaged  in  farm- 
ing and  is  still  living 
near  Maiden,  Catawba 
county,  and  is  a  worthy 
citizen  respected  by  his 
community. 


Bailey,  George,  enlisted  April  26,  '61 ;  he  died  since  the 
^^•ar. 


OF  THE   CIVIL  WAR  225 

Bradburn,  James  M.,  enlisted  April  26,  '61 ;  he  was  a 
farmer,  and  died  at  h^'s  home  some  time  about  1892. 

Conrad,  John,  enlisted  April  26,  '61 ;  he  was  captured 
and  paroled ;  he  is  still  living. 

Conrad,  Daniel,  enlisted  April  26,  '61 ;  he  died  August 
?1,  '62. 

Crawford,  Jeff.,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  was  dis- 
charged June  8,  '62  for  disability;  he  died  by  homicide 
since  the  war. 

Daily,  Abram,  enlisted  November  27,  '61 ;  he  died  July 
4,  '62. 

Dellinger,  John  H.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  he  was  cap- 
tured, but  survived  the  war,  and  died  at  his  home  in  1908. 

Dellinger,  James,  enlisted  January  1,  '63;  he  was  wound- 
ed at  Gettysburg,  captured,  but  survived  the  war,  and  is 
still  living. 

Eaton,  James  A.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  he  was  seriously 
wounded  at  Spottsylvania  on  May  10,  '64;  he  was  a  brave 
soldier,  walking  off  of  the  battlefield,  carrying  his  gun  with 
him,  refusing  to  let  the  enemy  have  it;  he  moved  from 
Catawba  County  since  the  war,  but  we  think  he  is  still 
living. 

Edwards,  Spencer,  enlisted  April  20,  '63 ;  he  took  sick 
and  died  soon  after  crossing  back  from  Gettysburg  fight. 

Ennis,  J.,  enlisted  Aoril  10,  '64,  and  was  taken  prisoner. 

Fish,  Bryson,  enlisted  April  13,  '63 ;  he  survived  the  war, 
and  is  still  living. 

Goodman,  Martin,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  died  dur- 
ing the  war. 

Harwell,  Carnie,  enlisted  February  25,  '63;  he  died  dur- 
ing the  war. 

Harwell,  Elihu,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  died  of 
wounds  he  received,  October  4,  '63. 

Hefner,  Franklin,  enlisted  October  18,  '62;  he  was 
wounded  July  1,  '63,  from  which  wound  he  died. 

Howard,  Levi,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  he  was  captured, 
and  no  further  account  can  be  given. 

Howard,  Nelson,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  he  was  killed  at 
Spottsylvania  C.  H. 


226  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

Hill,  Henry  D.,  enlisted  December  1,  '61 ;  after  the  war 
he  was  licensed  to  preach ;  he  went  to  Texas  and  entered 
some  Conference  there. 

Hill,  Jacob,  enlisted  February  25,  '63 ;  he  diedj&|iay  12,  '63. 

Hunsucker,  James,  enlisted  December  1,  '61 ;  he  died  No- 
vember 12,  '62. 

Ervin,  John  B.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  he  was  promoted 
to  Sergeant,  but  was  later  discharged  for  disability;  he  died 
of  cancer  since  the  war. 

James,  William,  enlisted  December  1,  '61 ;  he  went  West 
after  the  war,  and  was  lost  sight  of. 

Jones,  Alfred,  enlisted  September  20,  '61 ;  he  was  wound- 
ed at  Gettysburg;  after  the  war,  he  went  West  and  was 
lost  sight  of. 

Jones,  Burton,  enlisted  September  20,  '61 ;  he  went  West 
and  was  lost  sight  of. 

Jones,  Manuel,  enlisted  September  20,  '61 ;  he  went  West 
and  we  can  learn  nothing  further  of  him. 

Jones,  Marcus,  enlisted  September  20,  '61 ;  he  was  pro- 
moted to  Sergeant ;  he  moved  West  and  was  lost  sight  of. 

Jones,  Levi  A.,  enlisted  December  1,  '61 ;  he  died  of 
tuberculosis  since  the  war,  and  is  buried  by  the  roadside 
near  the  Old  Huitt  Mill,  between  Newton  and  Anderson's 
Mountain. 

Kale,  Henderson,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  he  died  since  the 
war. 

Kale,  Noah,  enlisted  October  1,  '62;  he  was  taken  pris- 
oner; we  think  he  is  still  living. 

Killian,  Noah,  enlisted  October  15,  '62 ;  he  died  December 
14,  '63. 

Lael,  Calvin,  enlisted  December  1,  '61 ;  he  survived  the 
war  and  is  still  living. 

Long,  William  Alex.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  he  was  pro- 
moted Sergeant,  and  killed  at  Spottsylvania  C.  H. 

Moore,  William,  enlisted  Apri  27,  '61 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Moore,  Philo,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  died  since  the 
war. 

Mize,  Lafayette,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  he  was  promoted 
Sergeant,  and  afterwards  captured ;  he  died  but  recently. 


OF  THE  CIVIL   WAR  227 

Moss,  Julius  A.,  enlisted  August  14,  61 ;  he  survived  the 
vvar,  and  made  his  living  on  the  farm ;  he  died  of  cancer  a 
few  years  ago. 

Moss,  William,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  was  killed  at 
Spottsylvan^'a  C.  H. 

Miller,  Andrew,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  he  was  a  German, 
and  a  good  soldier;  he  survived  the  war,  dying  in  1908. 

Pone,  John,  enlisted  April  27,  '61;  he  was  once  captured; 
he  returned  home,  and  died  since  the  war. 

Parker,  David,  enlisted  October  15,  '62;  he  came  home 
and  is  still  living  in  South  Carolina. 

Robinson,  Newton,  enlisted  February  26,  '63 ;  he  was 
once  captured.     (See  sketch.) 

NEWTON  ROBINSON. 
A  brother  of  James  F.  Robinson,  of  Co.  A.  12th  N.  C.  (who  was 
killed  at  Spottsylvania  Court  House  May  1864)  was  born  near  Sherrill's 
Ford  Catawba  Co.  in  1844:  Volunteered  in  Co.  F.  32  N.  C.  Regiment, 
was  a  true  soldier,  was  in  all  the  battles  with  his  company  up  to  the 
battle  of  Petersburg  where  he  was  captured,  and  remained  a  prisoner  of 
war  until  after  the  surrender.  Robinson  removed  to  Iredell  Co.  some 
years  ago,  and  is  still  living. 

Sherrill,  W.  P.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  he  was  promoted 
Sergeant,  but  died  in  prison  after  the  Gettysburg  battle. 

Sigmon,  John  C.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  he  was  promoted 
Corporal,  and  taken  prisoner;  he  returned  home  and  died 
in  1909. 

Sherrill,  Thomas,  Sr.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  he  sur- 
vived the  war,  and  went  West,  where  he  still  lives. 

Sherrill,  Thomas,  Jr.,  enlisted  February  25,  '63 ;  he  went 
to  South  Carolina  or  Georgia  after  the  surrender,  and  was 
lost  sight  of. 

Sherrill,  Nicholas,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  was  cap- 
tured and  died  in  prison. 

Sherrill,  Alexander,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  died 
July  7,  '62. 

Sigmon,  J.  A.,  enlisted  April  27,  '61 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Shook,  Daniel,  enlisted  August  14.  '61 ;  he  was  discharged 
""or  disability ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Slewman,  Chas.,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  was  pro- 
moted Commissary  Sergeant ;  he  survived  the  war,  teach- 


228  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

ing  school  and  doing  carpenter  work;  he  died  some  years 
ago. 

Sutton,  Frank,  enlisted  August  14,  '61 ;  he  was  dis- 
charged for  disability,  and  died  since  the  war. 

Wilson,  Pink  E.,  enlisted  December  14,  '61 ;  he  survived 
the  war,  but  has  since  been  lost  sight  of. 

Witherspoon,  Henry,  enlisted  August  14,  '61,  and  was 
promoted  Corporal ;  he  died  August  24,  '63. 


OF   THE   CIVIL  WAR  229 


COMPANY     K.     35     REGIMENT     C.    TROOPS 
By  C.  L.  Hawn 

In  writing  the  sketch  of  this  company,  the  writer  will 
not  promise  a  correct  history  of  the  company,  as  he  was  not 
one  of  the  original  number  of  the  company,  having  enlisted 
March  1st  1864. 

Suffice    to  say,  the  company  was  organized  on  Oct.  15th 

1861.  in  the  town  of  Hickory,  N.  C,  when  it  was  a  wilder- 
ness. According  to  Moore's  roster  of  N.  C.  T.  the  total 
rank  and  file  of  this  company,  from  first  to  last,  was  156  men. 
It  was  made  up  from  the  western  part  of  Catawba  and  east- 
ern part  of  Burke  Counties. 

Dr.  James  R.  Ellis,  who  had  just  settled  down  in  the 
little  village  of  Hickory  tavern  (as  it  was  then  called)  to 
practice  medicine,  was  elected  captain.  Pinkney  Warlick, 
first  Lieutenant;  Dr.  James  T.  Johnson,  second  Lieutenant; 
(he  was  then  a  young  medical  student,  just  from  Medical 
College  of  Baltimore,  Md..  having  come  home  from  College 
to  share  the  hardships  of  war  with  his  countrymen. ) 

Wm.  Hale  Jr,  Second  Lieutenant  (By  the  way,  this  gal- 
lent  young  officer  was  killed  at  Newburn,  N.  C.  March   14th 

1862.  he  being  the  first  person  killed  in  the  war  from  Ca- 
tawba County). 

At  the  organization  of  the  Regiment  Nov.  8th  1861,  Capt. 
James  R.  Ellis  was  appointed  surgeon  of  the  Regiment;  Dr. 
James  T.  Johnson  was  elected  Captain  and  his  brother  Phil. 
J.  Johnson,  was  elected  first  Lieutenant. 

After  the  battle  of  Newbern,  N.  C,  upon  the  death  of 
Lieutenant  Hale,  Julius  E.  Link  was  elected  Second  Lieut. 
At  the  battle  of  Malvern  Hill.  July  1st  1862,  this  gallant 
young  officer  was  killed.  Pinkney  Berry  was  promoted  from 
Sergeant  to  Second  Lieutenant. 

At  the  battle  of  Fredricksburg.  Va.  Dec.  13.  1862.  Maj . 
John  M.  Kelly  was  killed,  and  Captain  James  T.  Johnson 
was  promoted  Maj  by  seniority,  and  Phil.  J.  Johnson  was 
promoted  Captain  of  the   Company.       Pinkney    Berry    first 


230  THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER   OF 

Lieutenant;  J.  M.  Rocket  Second  Lieutenant;  and  D.  P. 
Glass,  Jr.  second.  At  the  battle  of  Bermuda  Hundreds  May 
20th  1864,  Lieutenant  Rockett  was  killed.  Lieutenant  Glass 
was  promoted,  and  J.  S.  Ward  was  elected  Jr.  second.  At 
the  battle  of  Five  Forks,  April  1st,  1865,  Lieutenant  Glass 
was  killed. 

The  organization  of  the  35th  Regiment,  Nov.  8th  1861, 
was  at  Camp  Mangum,  near  Raleigh.  The  result  of  this  was 
the  appointment  of  Rev.  James  Sinclair,  Col. ;  Marshall  D; 
Craton;  Lieutenant  Col. ;  Oliver  Cromwell  Petway;  Maj.; 
Capt.  James  R.  Ellis,  of  Co.  K,  was  appointed  Surgeon  of 
the  Regiment;  Second  Lieutenant,  Cader  G.  Cox,  of  Co.  A. 
Ass't  Surgeon;  First  Lieutenant,  Wm.  M.  Black,  of  Co, 
quartermaster;  First  lieutenant,  John  P.  Kennedy,  of  Co. 
I,  commissary;  T.  J.  Oats,  Adjutant. 

Jan.  3rd  1862,  the  Regiment  was  sent  to  Newburn,  N.  C. 
At  the  Battle  of  Newburn,  March  14th,  1862,  was  the  first 
engagement  the  regiment  was  in.  It  was  placed  on  the  left 
of  the  militia.  The  Federal  Commander,  seeing  a  weakness 
at  this  point,  made  an  assault  on  the  militia  and  broke  the 
line,  which  left  the  35th  subject  to  a  flank  fire,  and  they  fell 
back  in  disorder.  That  it  was  attributed  to  leadership,  that 
the  35th  Regiment  did  not  behave  better  on  this  its  first  field 
of  battle,  is  established  by  the  fact  that  in  every  subse- 
quent battle  of  the  war  in  which  it  was  directly  or  remotely 
connected,  it  never  failed  to  act  in  such  a  manner  as  to  de- 
serve and  win  the  encomiums  of  its  commanding  officers, 
and  that  the  conduct  of  their  Col.  and  Lieutenant  Col.  at 
Newburn  was  such  as  to  cause  the  officers  to.  loose  all  confi- 
dence in  their  military  capacity  to  lead  them,  is  evidenced 
by  the  fact,  that,  at  the  re-organization  of  the  Regiment 
April  10th,  1862,  neither  of  these  officers  were  re-elected. 

At  the  re-organization  of  the  Regiment,  Matt.  W.  Ran- 
son,  the  gallant  soldier,  eminent  statesman  and  brilliant  or- 
ator, (at  that  time  Lieutenant  Col.  of  the  first  N.  C.  Regi- 
ment) was  elected  Col. ;  Maj.  Patway  Lieutenant  Col. ;  and 
Capt  John  G.  Jones,  of  Co.  E.,  Maj.  This  completed  the  re- 
organization of  the  Regiment  for  the  war. 

Col.  Ransom  appointed  his  regimental  state,  namely: 
Dr.  Chas.  J.  0.  Hagan  Surgeon;  Capt.   Nicholas    M.    Long, 


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quarter  master;  (who  resigned  in  Dec.  1862  and  was  succeed- 
ed by  Capt.  Joseph  M.  Rodgers) ;  Dr.  Charles  J.  Gee,  com- 
misary;  Mr.  Nelson,  of  Waynes,  Co.  Adjutant;  (this  gentle- 
man resigned  in  1862.  His  successor  being  Lieutenant 
Walter  Clark,  a  school  boy  of  14  years  of  age;  in  Nov.  1861 
this  remarkable  boy  whom  they  called  little  Clark,  became 
drill  master  for  the  second  time  at  camp  Mangumand  acting- 
Adjutant  of  the  35th  Regiment.  He  went  through  the  first 
Maryland  campaign  serving  with  great  distinction.  On  going 
into  the  battle  of  Sharpsbury  Sept.  16th,  1862,  all  the  field 
oflficers,  except  Clarke,  had  dismounted,  when  a  big  fellow 
from  McDowell  Co.,  "Bill  Hall"  as  the  writer  recalls  ran  up 
t3  him  and  yelled  "Get  down  off  this  horse  you  little  foci 
or  you  will  get  killed"  He  was  wounded  in  this  battle,  and 
on  a  later  occasion,  as  he  and  Col.  Matt  Ransom  were  rid- 
ing along  together,  a  shell  from  a  battery  exploded  so  near 
him  as  to  make  his  escape  from  death  almost  Miraculous.  A 
volume  might  be  written  about  the  career  of  this  great  son 
of  Carolina,  who  at  the  age  of  17  became  a  Lieutenant  Col. 
of  A  Regiment  and  who,  since  the  surrender,  in  every  crisis 
has  born  himself  as  a  wise  and  faithful  leader  of  his  State 
and  of  the  South;  to  whose  untiring  laborand  unflagging  de- 
votion is  due  the  preservation  of  the  splendid  records  of  our 
people,  and  who,  as  jurist,  historian,  statesman,  man  of 
letters,  social  and  political  philosopher,  is  one  of  the  most 
versatile,  if  not  the  most  versatile  and  gifted,  of  all  living 
North  Carolinians. 

The  Regiment  remained  in  N.  C.  after  the  reorganization 
until  June  1862,  It  was  ordered  to  Va.  and  was  engaged  in 
some  small  minor  engagements  in  and  around  the  battle  of 
Seven  Pines  from  the  25th  to  the  28th  of  June.  It  was  en- 
gaged in  that  memorable  charge  at  Malvern  Hill,  July  1st, 
1862.  Here  its  Gallant  Col.,  Matt  W.  Ransom,  was  twice 
wounded,  first  through  the  right  arm  and  then  in  the  right 
side  by  a  piece  of  shell.  Turning  over  the  command  to  Lieu- 
tenant Col.  Petway,  Col.  Ransom  lay  on  the  field,  to  hear  in 
a  few  minutes  of  his  gallant  Lieutenant  Col.  being  killed, 
leading  the  Regiment  up  the  hill.  Here  fell  Lieutenant 
Julius  E.  Link,  Joseph  Aiken,  Harrison  Sides  and  Captain 
James  T.  Johnson  was  severely  wounded;  and    many    other 


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of  Co.  K.  Probably  no  Regiment  of  magruders  command 
suffered  more  in  killed  and  wounded  than  the  85th.  Being 
its  first  battle  after  Newburn,  N,  C,  then  and  there  esta- 
blished its  reputation  for  unsurpassed  fortitude  and  intre- 
pity  in  battle— a  reputation  maintained  from  Malvern  Hill  to 
Appomattox. 

Maj.  John  G.  Jones  now  became  Lieutenant  Col.;  Capt. 
John  M.  Kelly  of  Co.  C.  Maj..  by  promotion.  On  the  27th 
of  August  the  Regiment  left  Richmond  on  route  to  join  Lee's 
army  in  the  Maryland  campaign,  wading  the  Potomac  river 
Sept.  7th,  1862,  at  Cheek's  Ford.  On  the  11th,  we  recross- 
ed  at  Point  of  Rjsks,  and  marched  to  Harper's 
Ferry;  shelled  the  enemy  until  that  place  surrendered,  Sept. 
i5th.  That  night  we  marched  towards  Shepardstown.  At 
one  a.  m..on  the  16th,  crossed  the  Potomac  the  third  time  in 
nine  days.  At  three  a.  m.,  Sept.  17th,  1862,  the  Regiment 
was  marched  to  take  its  position  in  line  for  the  great  battle 
of  Sharpsburg.  The  Regiment  held  a  very  important  posi- 
tion. It  was  here  Col.  Ransom  carried  the  colors  and  charg- 
ed and  took  a  battery,  and  had  to  abandon  it  on  account  of 
a  flank  fire.  It  was  here  Stonewall  Jackson  came  on  the 
scene  and  ask  Ransom  to  try  and  retake  it,  and  Ransom  told 
him  that  he  could  take  it,  but  could  not  hold  it.  It  was  here 
private  Wm.  H.  Hood  of  Co.  H.  climbed  the  hickory  tree  and 
counted  33  battered  flags  supporting  the  battery. 

The  next  engagement  was  Dec.  11th,  1862,  at  Fredericks- 
burg, Va.  Here  the  35th  was  posted  behind  a  stone  wall 
and  did  not  suffer  so  severely.  Maj.  John  M.  Kelly  was  kill- 
ed and  Capt.  James  T'  Johnson  of  Co  K.  was  promoted  Maj. 
By  seniority  and  first  Lieutenant  P.  J.  Johnson  of  Co.  K. 
Capt. 

In  the  winter  of  1862  and  '63  the  Regiment  took  up  its 
march  through  Richmond,  and  took  the  cars  at  Petersburg 
for  Kemansville,  N.  C.  Here  Adjutant  Walter  Clarke  re- 
signed, and  on  May  13th,  1863,  Lieut.  Robt.  B.  Peebles  of 
Co.  E.  56th  Regiment  was  appointed  to  succeed  him.  In  his 
Jr.  year.  Peoples  left  the  university  where  he  was  making  a 
brilliant  record  to  join  the  Co..  then  being  raised  in  his  home 
county  of  Northampton.  From  this  time  forth  he  was 
practically  in  every  battle  or  skirmish  in  which  his  Regiment 


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was  engaged,  and  they  were  many;  And  in  the  most  trying 
crisis,  he  always  bore  himself  as  a  man  of  fine  presence  of 
mind  and  superb  courage.  There  was  no  braver  man  in 
either  army.  When  Lee  surrendered  at  Appomattox,  he  was 
Captain  and  Ass't.  Adjt.  Gen.  on  Gen.  Matt  Ransom's  staff, 
having  been  deservedly  promoted  from  time  to  time.  Peebles 
is  another  splendid  soldier,  whose  military  career  deserves  a 
much  more  detailed  and  extended  history  than  space  here 
will  permit.  One  of  the  greatest  lawyers  our  state  has  pro- 
duced, now  serving  his  second  term  as  Superior  Court 
Judge,-  sometimes  partisan,  but  always  bold  and  incorrup- 
tible. The  only  criticism  made  by  lawyers  against  him  is 
that  he  can  hardly  keep  out  of  the  fight.  This  is  not  to  be 
wondered  at,  for  he  is  a  born  fighter.  His  record  in  war  and 
in  peace  adds  lustre  to  his  state. 

The  Regiment  in  the  spring  of  1863  was  in  the  Dep't  of 
N.  C. ,  Gen.  D.  H.  Hill  commanding,  and  stationed  at  diffe- 
rent times  at  Goldsboro,  Kinston  and  Wilmington. 

About  the  first  of  June,  1863,  it  was  ordered  to  Virginia 
and  camped  near  Petersburg.  On  the  15th  of  June,  Col. 
Matt.  W.  Ransom  was  promoted  to  Brig.  Gen. ;  Lieutenant 
Col.  Jones  now  became  Col.;  Maj.  James  T.  Johnson,  Lieu- 
tenant Col.;  Capt.  S.  B.  Taylor,  of  Co.  A.  Maj.  by  seniorty. 
On  the  27th  July,  1863  the  Regiment  and  brigade  had  a  sharp 
engagement  at  Boon's  Mill,  in  less  than  two  miles  of  Gen. 
Ransom's  home.  The  sound  of  the  guns,  tremblingly  listen- 
ed to  by  his  delicate  wife  and  small  children,— Just  imagine 
their  feeling.  During  the  winter  of  '63  and  '64,  the  brigade 
was  assigned  back  to  the  Dep't  of  N.  C. 

The  35th  Regiment  was  on  post  duty,  at  Hamilton, 
N.  C.  on  the  Roanoke  River,  Co.  K.  being  on  picket  duty  at 
Foster's  Mills,  in  Martin  Co., 

On  April  16th,  we  broke  camp  at  Foster's  Mills  and  set 
out  for  Plymouth,  N.  C.  On  the  night  of  the  17th  1864  we 
slept  within  a  few  miles  of  the  town,  and  was  awakened  on 
the  morning  of  the  18th  by  the  Federal  sunrise  gun  in  the 
town.  We  took  up  march  and  landed  in  sight  of  the  forti- 
fications in  a  few  hours.  That  evening  (April  the  18th),  we 
were  formed  in  line  of  battle;  there  was  some  sharp  skirmi- 
shing and  some  artillery  firing  when  Gen.  Ransom  appeared 


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on  the  scene  in  his  usual  polite  way  taking  off  his  hat:  "There 
is  a  fort  over  there  I  want  taken  tcnight,  and  I  want  you 
men  of  the  35th  to  take  it"  (Just  imagine  the  feeling  of  a 
lad  17  years  old!)  We  were  ordered  forward  March;  went  in 
under  a  heavy  artillery  fire,  our  light  artillery  following. 
We  were  between  the  fort  and  our  artillery  for  some  three 
hours  that  night.  When  things  quieted  down  and  we  came 
out,  the  result  was  a  faint  move  for  Gen.  Hoke  to  take  85th 
Redoubt.  On  the  19th,  we  were  moved  around  in  front  of 
the  works  viewing  the  situation  by  the  officers.  The  writer 
remembers  Gen.  Hoke  and  staff  out  in  front  with  an  eye 
glass,  when  there  was  a  shot  fired  from  Fort  Williams.  The 
ball  fell  right  under  Hoke's  horse  and  came  bouncing  down 
the  line  where  we  were  lying  down.  Late  in  the  evening  of 
April  19th,  we  made  a  circuitous  route  to  the  east  end  of 
town.  After  a  sharp  skirmish.  Gen.  Ransom  forced  his  way 
across  Coneby  Creek,  a  narrow  but  deep  stream,  by  laying 
down  a  pontoon  bridge.  The  brigade  was  marched  over  and 
formed  in  line  of  battle  and  lay  down  to  rest.  The  line  of 
pickets  were  sent  out  and  a  sharp  skirmish  resulted.  We 
were  far  enough  away  that  the  Yankee  bullets  would  fall 
down  as  they  hit  a  board  fence  in  our  front.  We  fully  rea- 
lized the  situation.  Next  morning  (the  20th.)  just  at  the 
break  of  day,  Gen.  Matt  W.  Ransom  was  in  the  saddle;  we 
heard  his  ringing  voice,  come  down  the  line;  "Attention!" 
Also,  by  Col.  J.  G.  Jones  of  the  35th,  and  Capt.  P.  J.  John- 
son of  Co.  K.;  "Forward  March"!  As  we  went  up  through 
an  open  field,it  was  a  dreadful  sight  to  behold.  Our  artillery, 
just  in  our  rear,  firing  over  us,  and  the  Federal  forts  be- 
lching on  us.  The  writer  would  compare  it  to  a  big  new 
ground  on  fire. 

Fort  Comfort  was  the  first  works  taken  by  the  35th. 
Company  K.  came  up  right  in  front  of  the  fort,  as  was  evi- 
denced by  her  dead  around  the  fort.  The  Regiment  was 
divided  by  passing  around  the  fort,  and  got  somewhat  con- 
fused, as  the  report  was  that  Col.  Jones  was  killed.  About 
this  time  Gen.  Ransom  came  on  the  ground  mounted,  and  in 
his  usual  polite  way,  taking  off  his  hat;  "I  am  here  with  you 
boys.  Attention  35th";  and  we  passed  on  through  the  streets 
to  fort   Williams.     The   engagement    here  was    fierce    for 


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awhile,  and  our  loss  was  heavy.  Finally,  we  fell  back.  Gen. 
Ransom  signaled  the  Ram  Albermarle  to  advance  up  the  river 
which  was  done.  About  the  third  shot,  the  commander  of 
the  fort  ran  down  the  stars  and  stripes,  which  were  about 
18  feet  long-,  and  ran  up  the  white  flag.  This  w-as  a  bad  day 
for  the  35th.  The  loss  was  20  killed  and  88  wounded.  Com- 
pany K's  loss  was  7  killed  and  21  wounded.  The  killed  were: 
Geo.  L.  Abernethy,  David  Denton.  P.  H.  Moure,  F.  W.  Con- 
nelly, P.  Sidney  Whitener,  Daniel  H.  Whitner  and  John  C. 
Whisnant. 

From  Plymouth,  we  went  to  Washington,  N.  C,  where 
the  commander  evacuted  the  place  and  set  fire  to  it;  from 
there  by  way  of  Greenville,  Pollecksville  on  to  Newburn, 
N.  C.  Having  captured  all  the  out  post  there  wi^h  every 
prospect  of  success.  Gen.  Hoke  under  orders  from  Davis 
to  return  to  Va.,  withdrew^  his  command  and  reached  Peter- 
sburg May  10th,  1864.  On  May  13th,  while  occupying  the 
outer  line  of  works  at  Drewys  Bluff,  the  Regiment  had  some 
sharp  fighting  with  Butler's  advance.  Company  K.  of  the 
35th  was  on  picket  duty  east  of  the  bluff  at  this  time.  On 
the  evening  of  the  14th,  we  were  charged  by  a  line  of  battle 
from  Butler's  army  and  driven  back  under  a  heavy  fire  after 
our  amunition  was  exhausted.  In  passing  around  the  hill, 
Anderson  Ward  was  mortally  wounded  and  died  in  a  few- 
days,  H.  C.  Sigmon  was  slightly  w^ounded  on  the  thumb. 
There  were  five  companies,  one  from  each  Regiment  in  this 
skirmish  fine,  under  the  command  of  Maj,  Grady  of  the  25th 
N,  C.  Regiment,  He  marched  us  back  to  the  rear  and  we 
lay  down  and  rested  for  the  night.  Next  morning  (the  15th) 
we  joined  the  Regiment  on  the  R.  R.  between  Richmond  and 
Petersburg,  Va,  On  the  evening  of  the  15th,  Maj.  Gen. 
Robt.  Ransom  arrived  from  Richmond;  on  the  morning  of 
the  16th,  we  were  marched  out  from  the  work.  Gen.  Robt. 
Ransom  opened  the  ball  down  the  south  side  of  the  James 
River.  The  35th  was  in  the  second  line,  and  did  not  get  in 
the  engagement.  The  writer  well  remembers  seeing  the 
25th  Regiment  moving  out  in  line  of  battle  on  the  right  flank 
in  double  quick.  Bayonetts  glistening  in  the  rising  sun,  and 
colors  flying.  I  do  not  think  I  ever  saw  anything  that  equal- 
led it.     About  this  time,  Maj.  Gen.  Robt.  Ransom    and    his 


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Staff  came  riding  down  the  turnpike  road.  Col.  Rutlege  of 
the  25th  having  command  of  the  brigade,  jelled  out,  "Three 
cheers  for  Gen.  Ransom":  You  bet  the  35th  gave  them.  He 
captured  everything  from  the  turn  pike  to  the  river.  He 
came  up  in  the  rear  while  they  were  looking  for  him  in  front, 
arms  stacked  in  the  works,  guns  cocked  ready  to  use.  Had 
Gen.  Whiting  came  on  from  Petersburg  with  his  fifteen  thou- 
sand men,  there  would  not  have  been  enough  of  Butler's 
army  left  to  tell  the  tale.  So  ended  the  Battle  of  Drewy's 
Bluff.  Then  we  followed  Butler  on  his  retreat  to  Bermuda 
Hundred.  On  the  20th  of  May,  6  companies  of  the  35th  were 
ordered  to  advance  the  picket  line;  this  was  done  with  heavy 
loss  to  the  Regiment.  Our  color  bearer  and  color  guard  were 
all  cut  down;  Col.  Jones  took  the  colors  in  his  own  hands. 
Capt.  Johnson  of  Co  K.  called  for  some  one  to  take  the  colors 
from  Col.  Jones;  A  young  lad  by  the  name  of  Owens,  who 
was  Col.  Jone's  orderly  took  the  colors  from  him.  Lieutenant 
Col.  Johnson  was  wounded  and  was  absent  from  the  Regi- 
ment for  some  time.  Lieutenant  J.  M.  Rocket  of  Co.  K.  was 
killed  and  several  wounded.  We  were  stationed  here  in  the 
works  for  sometime.  It  was  here  the  writer  was  detailed 
one  evening  to  report  at  the  Fort  on  James  River  with  gun, 
etc,  with  instructions  that  an  officer  would  be  there  to  take 
charge  of  him. 

I  arrived  there  about  dark.  Presently  an  officer  and 
citizen  came  up  and  asked  me  if  I  was  the  man  sent  here.  I 
told  them  I  was.  He  took  my  gun  and  looked  at  it,  asked 
how  many  rounds  of  ammunition  I  had.  I  told  him  50;  he 
said  "Don't  Speak"  and  "Followus".  We  went  through  our 
line  and  went  down  a  Bluff  to  the  edge  of  the  water  on  James 
River  where  we  were  in  hearing  of  the  Federal  Troops.  They 
were  moving  South;  we  could  hear  them  talking  and  the 
horses  walking  on  the  Pontoon  Bridge.  We  were  close  to  a 
Gun  Boat  which  kept  up  a  fire  all  night.  We  could  see  the 
flash  of  the  guns  and  hear  the  shells  go  over  in  our  lines. 
Stayed  there  until  3  or  4  o'clock  next  morning  and  came  out. 
I  never  heard  any  talk  about  it.  Am  satisfied  it  was  done 
to  find  out  which  way  Grant's  Army  was  moving.  Some 
time  in  May  or  June,  (the  writer  does  not  remember  the 
date,)  the  35th  was  sent  down  on  Chickahominy  River  below 


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Richmond.  We  were  there  only  a  short  while,  when  we  came 
back  to  ChafRns  Bluff,  were  there  three  or  four  days.  On 
the  15th  of  June,  1864,  at  dark,  we  took  up  march  for  Peter- 
sburg-, marched  all  night;  reached  Petersburg  next  morning, 
the  16th,  at  about  sunrise,  just  in  time  to  see  the  enemy  ad- 
vancing on  the  inner  line  of  works  defending  Petersburg. 
The  35th  was  the  first  to  arrive,  and  at  a  run  through  a  storm 
of  shot  and  shell,  we  succeeded  in  getting  into  the  works  in 
time  to  repulse  the  enemy.  The  Federal  forces  new  in  com- 
mand of  Hancock  numbered  over  fifty  thousand.  In  the 
after  noon  of  the  16th,  we  were  attacked  all  along  the  line 
held  by  ten  thousand  confederates.  Night  closed  the  contest. 
During  the  night  Warrens  corps  (17  thousands)  reinforced 
the  enemy. 

Early  on  the  17th  of  June,  the  fighting  was  renewed. 
Assault  after  assault  was  made  only  to  be  repulsed,  until 
just  at  dark,  a  part  of  our  line  was  taken.  About  10  P.  M., 
Ransom's  brigade  was  ordered  to  take  and  reestablish  the 
line  This  fell  to  the  35th  Regiment.  It  struck  the  heel  of 
the  salient  in  the  shape  of  a  horse  shoe.  A  hand  to  hand 
combat  took  place,  the  men  fighting  with  the  breast  works 
only  between  them.  The  Gallant  Col.,  John  G.  Jones,  was 
killed;  the  color  bearer  of  the  Regiment  was  pulled  over  the 
works  with  the  colors;  The  loss  in  the  Regiment  was  heavy. 
It  carried  into  action  28  officers  and  nearly  800  men,  and 
brought  out  8  officers  and  less  than  200  men.  Company  K. 
lost  4  men;  Sergt.  J.  C.  Sides,  Amzi  A.  Hawn,  John  Huntley 
and  James  Smith  were  killed;  Capt  J.  Johnson,  Lieutenant 
P.  Berry,  Sylvanus  Deal.  Levi  Yount,  Amzi  A.  Yoder,  C.  L. 
Hawn  and  others  were  wounded.  It  was  here  Capt  Johnson 
had  a  hand  to  hand  encounter  with  a  Maj.,  and  as  Johnson 
started  back  to  our  side,  one  man  threw  his  gun  bayonet 
foremost  and  missed  him;  while  another  raised  his  gun  to 
shoot  him,  and  L.  S.  Settlemyre  killed  the  Yankee.  The 
Regiment  finally  captured  about  300  prisoners,  among  them 
ware  17  Indians, — Three  stand  of  colors.  This  left  the  Regi- 
mant  without  any  field  officers.  Lieutenant  Col.  J.  T.  John- 
son, C3I.  by  promotion,  Maj.,  S.  B.  Taylor,  Lieutenant  Col. 
by  promotion,  Ciptain  Robt.  E.  Petty  of  Co.  B.,  Maj.  by 
seniority,  allof  them  absent,  -wounded.     During  the  night 


238  THE  CATAWBA   SOLDIER 

Beauregard  withdrew  to  a  new  and  shorter  line  nearer  the 
city  of  Petersburg.  On  the  18th  of  June,  1864,  Gen.  Mead 
made  the  last  of  his  assaults,  his  army  numbering  seventy 
thousand;  The  Confederate  force  about  twenty  thousand.  At 
noon  came  the  attack  attack  which  was  promptly  repulsed. 
At  4  p.  m.  they  tried  it  again,  but  met  a  signal  defeat.  Gen. 
Grant  now  issued  an  order  for  the  cessation  of  attacks,  and 
the  siege  commenced.  The  35th  was  in  the  siege  at  Peters- 
burg from  about  the  25th  of  June,  1864,  to  March  1st,  1865. 
During  this  time,  it  occupied  different  positions  from  the 
crater  to  the  city  point  R.  R.  It  lived  in  the  ground,  walked 
in  wet  ditches,  ate  cold  corn  bread,  and  Nassau  bacon;  until 
one  evening,  when  that  big  hearted  soldier,  statesman  and 
orator,  (M.  W.  Ransom,)  met  the  writer  and  Jim  Moore  with 
a  side  of  Nassau  bacon  with  a  hand  spike  run  through  it, 
carrying  it  into  the  Company.  "Boys  what  kind  of  meat  is 
that?  Is  it  pork?"  The  writer  remarked:  "no  Gen.  it  is  not; 
smell  of  it;"  and  he  did  so.  "Phew,  you  can't  eat  such 
meat"  So  the  next  evening,  we  got  country  hams.  After- 
wards, some  of  Hampton's  beef.  Company  K.  was  on  re- 
lief to  town  for  a  days  rest  July  30th,  1864,  when  the  explo- 
sion of  the  Crator  occurred.  The  £5lh  August  cCth, 
1864,  was  engaged  at  the  Davis  house  on  the  Welden  R.  R, 
R.  C.  Hawn  was  killed;  Moses  Yoder  and  several  others  were 
wounded  and  captured.  Here  the  Regiment  went  beyond 
the  line  intended  and  had  to  fall  back.  Gen,  Lee,  who  witness- 
ed the  charge,  remarked  that  he  had  often  heard  of  men 
straggling  to  the  rear,  but  never  saw  men  straggle  to  the 
attack.  The  writer  was  on  the  skirmish  line  that  day  and 
was  not  in  this  engagement. 

Company  K.  lost  by  sharp  shooters  in  the  seige;  D. 
Sidney  Hawn,  L3vi  Bowman,  and  Biyard  Winkler,  besides  a 
number  wounded.  The  35th  was  engaged  March  25th,  1865 
in  that  memorable  charge  and  capture  at  Fort  Stedman, 
which  was  such  an  eye  sore  to  the  city  of  Petersburg.  The 
loss  and  those  captured  was  heavy.  At  Five  Forks,  April 
1st,  1865,  (that  dark  day  for  the  Confederacy),  The  Regi- 
ment suffered  heavy.  Lieutenant  D.  P.  Glass  and  P.  S. 
Sides  of  Co  K.  were  killed,  and  a  number  wounded  and  cap- 
tured, the  writer  being  one  of  the  number  captured. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  239 

April  9th  1865,  Gen.  Lee  surrenders  the  army  of  north- 
ern Va.  The  35th  was  commanded  by  Maj  Robt.  E.  Petty 
and  surrendered  with  about  80  men.  Company  K.  surrender- 
ed with  its  gallant  Capt.  P.  J.  Johnson  in  command  with  20 
men. 

Company  K.  lost  during  the  war  35  men,  25  killed,  ten 
and  from  disease;  the  writer  has  not  been  able  to  get  the 
number  wounded. 

The  writer  was  one  of  Six  Hawns  of  the  Co. ;  four  of 
them  sleep  in  unknown  graves  on  Va.  soil.  One  died  since 
the  war,  caused  by  wounds  received  in  the  war;  Four  of  the 
original  old  company  reside  in  the  city  of  Hickory;  Dr.  J.  T. 
Johnson,  P.  Berry,  H,  Cain  Sigmon  and  Rheuben  Barger. 
Quiet  a  number  reside  in  and  around  Hickory  who  belonged 
to  the  company.  By  the  best  information  we  can  get,  we 
still  have  yet  living  32  men.  Some  of  the  most  substantial 
citizens  of  the  county  were  members  of  this  company. 
Among  them  were  8  Whiteners,all  descendants  from  the  old 
Pioneer,  Henry  Whitener,  all  of  whom  are  dead  except  one. 

In  the  language  of  Dixon,  "Peace  to  the  ashes  of  these 
brave  men  who  gave  their  lives  for  the  lost  cause;  they  sleep 
their  last  sleep;  they  have  fought  their  last  battle,  and  no 
sound  can  awake  them  to  Glory  again. ' ' 

May  God  bless  the  living;  some  of  them    are    watching 
day  by  day  for  the  sun  sets  glow,  or  stand  listening  to    the 
beat  of  the  surf  as  it  breaks  upon  the    shores    of    eternity. 
May  God  give  them  victory  in  the  last  last  battle. 
Hickory,  N.  C.  April  24th  1911. 

C.  L.  Hawn 


240 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


COMPANY  K.,  35TH  REGIMENT. 


OFFICERS. 

Ellis,  James  R.,  Captain;  enlisted  October  15,  '61.  (See 
;^ketch  and  photo.) 

DR.  J.  R.  ELLIS 

Dr.  James  R.  Ellis, 
native  of  Randolph 
county,  came  to  Burke 
county  in  1858  and  set- 
tled at  Philip  Warlic  s 
to  practice  medicine. 
Soon  after  he  married 
in  that  family.  In  1860 
he  came  to  the  village 
of  Hickory  Tavern  and 
built  a  dwelling  where 
now  stands  the  M.  E. 
Church. 

In  the  organization  of 
Company  K,  35th  Regi- 
ment N.  C.  Troops  he 
was  elected  Captain. 
At  the  organization  of 
the  35th  regiment  he 
was  appointed  surgeon. 
After  serving  five 
months  he  resigned  and 
came  home  and  took  a 
position  on  the  State 
Examination  Board.  He 
was  a  Catawbian,  and 
served  several  terms  in  the  General  Assembly.  He  died  some  years 
ago  leaving  a  widow  and  two  daughters. 

Johnson,  J.  Theodore,  Captain;  enlisted  December  9,  '61. 
(See  sketch.) 

Link,  Julius  E.,  2nd  Lieutenant;  enlisted  April,  '62;  he 
was  killed  July  1,  '62  at  Malvern  Hill;  he  was  a  favorite 
among  the  Company. 


OF   THE   CIVIL  WAR 


241 


DR.  J.  T.  JOHNSON 

Dr.  J.  T.  Johnson  en- 
listed March  6th,  1861. 
He,  tog^ether  with  J .  R. 
EUis,  of  Hickory,  Pink- 
ney  Warlick  and  Rev. 
Alex  Stamey,  of  Burke, 
were  instrumental  in 
raising  this  company,  a 
half  of  which  were  from 
Catawba  and  half  from 
Burke.  Dr.  J.  R.  Ellis 
was  elected  Captain, 
Pinkney  Warlick  1st 
Lieut.,  J.  T.  Johnson 
'2nd  Lieut.,  Rev.  Alex 
Stamey  3rd  Lieut.  At 
Raleigh,  when  they 
were  formed  into  a 
regiment,  Dr.  Ellis  was 
elected  assistant  sur- 
geon, so  the  company 
had  to  elect  a  Captain, 
so  the  boys  ran  first  and 
second  Lieutenants,  and 
Dr.  Johnson  was  elected 
Captain  by  a    handsom 

majority.  About  three  or  four  months  later,  the  regiment  was  re- 
organized for  three  years  of  the  war.  Dr.  Johnson  was  re-elected 
Captain  again  by  a  most  handsome  majority.  About  one  year  later,  on 
the  battlefield  of  Fredricksburg,  he  was  promoted  to  Major  of  the  regi- 
ment and  given  one-half  of  the  regiment  and  sent  to  the  front  picket 
line.  About  one  year  later  he  was  promoted  to  Lieut. -Col.;  and  about 
one  year  later  he  was  promoted  to  full  Col.,  and  commanded  the  regi- 
ment to  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  captured  at  the  battle  of  Five  Fork 
April  1,  1865,  and  carried  to  Johnson's  Island.  Ohio.  He  returned  home 
in  June,   1865. 

He  received  a  bad  wound  on  the  top  of  his  head  at  the  battle  of 
Milvern  Hill;  also  at  the  battle  of  Barmuila-Hundreds  was  wounded 
in  his  leg  and  came  very  near  losing  it.  He  was  in  a  great  many 
hard  fought  battles.  While  Capt.,  he  never  had  to  wade  a  river- 
Uncle  Cain  Sigmon,  or  some  of  the  boys,  would  say  "Captain,  jump  on 
my  back  and  ride  over. "  He  had  a  noble  lot  of  good  boys  and  good 
fighters. 

Hale,  William,  2nd  Lieutenant;  enlisted  December,  '61; 

was  promoted  from  Sergeant ;  he  was  killed  March  14,  '62 
at  Newburn. 


242 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Rockett,  J.  Monroe,  2nd  Lieutenant;  enlisted  December 
29,  '62 ;  was  promoted  from  Sergeant ;  he  was  killed. 

Ward,  Sidney  J.,  2nd  Lieutenant;  enlisted  June  30,  '64, 
and  was  promoted  from  ranks ;  he  died  in  1909. 


NON-COMMISSIONED  OFFICERS. 


'61; 


Link,  Julius  E.,  1st  Sergeant;  enlisted  October  1, 
he  was  promoted  2nd  Lieutenant. 

Hale,  William,  enlisted  October  1,  '61,  being  2nd  Ser- 
geant; he  was  promoted  to  2nd  Lieutenant. 

Rockett,  J.  Monroe,  4th  Sergeant;  enlisted  October  1,  '61; 
he  was  promoted  to  2nd  Lieutenant,  and  killed  in  May,  '64 
at  Wise  Bottom  Church. 

Seitz,  J.  C,  enlisted  July  6,  '62 ;  promoted  Sergeant  Jan- 
Liarj'-,  '63;  he  was  killed  July  17,  '64  near  Petersburg.  (See 
photo  and  sketch.) 


J.  C.  SEITZ 

J.  C.  Sides  enlisted 
July  6,  1862,  in  Company 
K,  35th  N.  C.  Regiment. 
Promoted  Sergeant  Jan- 
uary, '63.  Killed  July 
17,  '64,  near  Petersburg, 
Va.  He  was  last  seen 
by  Dow.  Abernethy, 
charging  in  the  thickest 
of  the  fight. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  243 

PRIVATES. 

Abernethy,  L.  D.,  enlisted  May  1,  '61 ;  he  was  wounded 
i.t  Malvern  Hill,  July  1,  '62;  he  is  still  living  near  Maiden. 
N.  C. 

Abernethy,  Geo.,  enlisted  May  1,  '61 ;  he  was  wounded 
and  died  at  Plymouth,  April  20,  '64. 

Abernethy,  John  F.,  enlisted  March  1,  '63;  he  died  Aug- 
ust 13,  '64  at  Weldon. 

Arney,  J.  Franklin,  enlisted  March  1,  '64;  he  is  still 
living. 

Barger,  Reuben  J.,  enlisted  October  15,  '61.     (See  sketch.) 

Reuben  J.  Barger  was  born  August  21,  1841.  He  was  raised  a 
mechanic.  He  enlisted  in  September,  1861,  and  was  captured  at  Five 
Forks,  Va.,  April  1,  1865;  paroled  June  25,  1865,  at  Point  Lookout,  Md. 
He  has  worked  at  the  carpenter  trade  up  to  the  present  time.  He  was 
a  member  of  Company  K,  35th  Regiment  N.  C.  Troops. 

Brittain,  Jonas,  enlisted  — ;  he  died  but  recently. 

Bowman,  Timothy,  enlisted  October  15,  '61;  he  is  still 
living. 

Bowman,  Levi,  enlisted  October  15,  '61;  he  was  killed 
in  '64. 

Chester,  W.  J.,  enlisted  October  15,  '61;  he  died  in  De- 
cember, '61  at  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

Dietz,  C.  Frank,  enlisted  March  1,  '63 ;  he  was  discharged 
October  20,  '63. 

Fry,  John  B.,  enlisted  October  15,  '61 ;  he  is  still  living 
near  Hickory,  on  his  farm. 

Deitz,  W.  Pinkney,  enlisted  August  4,  '62.  (See  sketch 
and  photo.) 

Fry,  Monroe,  enlisted  August  14,  '62.  (See  sketch  and 
photo.) 

Holler,  Noah,  enlisted  October  15,  '61;  he  died  since 
the  war. 

Holler,  Paul,  enlisted  August  15,  '62;  he  died  since  th*,' 
war. 

Holler,  Elisha,  enlisted  August  15,  '62 ;  he  died  since  the 
war. 

Hahn,  D.  Sidney,  enlisted  April  8,  '62;  he  was  killed  at 
Petersburg  in  '64. 


244 


TftE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


PINKNEY  DEITZ 

R.  Pinkney  Deitz  was 
a  charter  member  of 
Company  K,  35th  Regi- 
ment. He  was  an  ex- 
cellent soldier,  and  was 
fortunate  in  that  he 
survived  the  war.  On 
his  return  home  he  en- 
gaged for  awhile  at 
carpentry.  After  his 
marriage  he  settled  on 
the    farm. 

He  is  a  quiet,  peace- 
able citizen,  respected 
bv  all  who  know  him. 


Hahn,  Alfred  M.,  enlisted  April  8,  '62 ;  he  died  since  the 
war  from  a  wound  received  in  the  war. 

Hahn,  Amzi,  enlisted  August  14,  '62.  (See  sketch  and 
photo.) 

Hahn,  D.  J.,  enlisted  March  6,  '62;  he  died  during  th.3 
war. 

Hahn,  R.  C,  enlisted  June  1,  '63.  (See  sketch  and 
photo.) 

Hahn,  C.  L.,  enlisted  March  1,  '64.  (See  sketch  and 
photo.) 

Hale,  John  A.,  enlisted  January  1,  '64;  he  is  now  dead. 

Mull,  Abram  B.,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  died  since 
the  war. 

Miller,  -lessee,  enlisted  March  6,  '62;  he  died  since  the 
war. 

Miller,  Abram.  enlisted  May  1,  '61 ;  he  died  since  the  v.  ar. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


245 


.     J.  MONROE  FRY 

J.  Monroe  Fry  enlist 
ed  in  Company  K,  35th 
Regiment  August  14th, 
J862.  He  served  his 
county  faithfully  as  a 
soldier,  and  honored  his 
country  on  his  return, 
by  an  upright  life. 

He  engaged  in  farm- 
ing and  followed  it  as- 
siduously since.  He  has 
had  a  successful  career, 
and  is  still  residing  on 
on  the  old  homestead 
just  outside  the  city 
limits,  surrounded  with 
plenty. 

He  has  made  what  he 
has  by  strict  observance 
of  the  old  adge:  "At- 
tend to  your  own  busi- 
ness strictly,  and  let 
others  alone."  Look  at 
his  physiognomy  and  be- 
hold a  quiet  man. 

Pitts,  Abel,  enlisted  January  7,  '63;  he  is  still  living. 

Propst,  Riley,  enlisted  — ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Rockett,  Pinkney  R.,  enlisted  August  10,  '62.  (See 
sketch  and  photo.) 

Rockett,  A.  C,  enlisted  August  10,  '62;  he  died  July  28, 
'63  at  Petersburg. 

Steiz,  Levi,  enlisted  March  1,  '63;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Sigmon,  E.  S.,  enlisted  January  7,  '64;  he  died  since  the 
war.     (See  sketch  and  photo.) 

Elcanah,  Sigmon,  enlisted  October  14,  '61.     (See  sketch.) 

Settlemyre,  Harvey  S.,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  died 
since  the  war. 

Turner,  W.  D.,  enlisted  March  6,  '62;  he  died  June,  '62 
at  Kinston. 

Ward,  Anderson,  enlisted  October  15,  '61 ;  he  was  killed 
May  4,  '64. 


246 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


AMZI  A-  haw:: 

Amzi   A.    Hawn    wii< 
K.m  Decejuber  31.  1S33, 
on   a    farm  three    miles 
5«:>atii  of  Hickory.  X.  C. 
At  the  age  of  13  years, 
his  fatherdied.  and  with 
the  aid  of  his  widowed 
mother,  he  took   charg-e 
of  the  affairs    of     the 
farm.       He  receive 
coauDon  seho<ri     ecu  j.  - 
CioQ  in  the  old  log^  school 
hoase  of  that  day.  z^^i 
taagfat   his   first    soi 
&z    the   old    fog     seh  • 
ri«xL=e  in  his  district.    jlZ 
the  age  of  IT  y-      - 
eertiEcate   of    - 
tioD  is    well    preservt^ 
in  the  hands  of  his  bro- 
ther. C-  L-  Hawn.  bear- 
ing the  date  of   Novem- 
ber IT.  ISSL  and  signed 
by  three  old  landmarks  : 
Q.    A-    Shofocd,     Esq.. 
Dr.    O.     CampbeU    and 
ReT.  J.  H.  Crawford.     He  wrote  a  bea 
matfaonatician. 

He  was  married  to  Mary   M.  Yo<ier, 
was  bom  a  daughter.  Mrs.  Belle  Abee. 
Bp  to  the  oatbreak  of  the  Civi]  war. 
made  stomp  speeches  to  that  e^ect. 

He  enlisted  in  Malletts  Batallioa  August  14.  1882,  and  was  trans- 
ferred to  Company  K.  3Sth  Regitnent  N .  C.  Troops,  Sansom's  Br%ade. 
and  was  m  a  numbex-  of  aigagements.  He  was  killed  Jane  IT.  1S64.  a.t 
Pet^^sborg.  Va.,  and  left  oo  the  laeid,  the  Union  annj  hoUii^  the 
tseld.  He  was  a  devout  Christian  and  solifier.  A  ■MMmmeat  in  2obs 
C-  -  i  erected  to  the  mesMxy  of  hfe  father  and  raocher,   marks 

h>  .  his  age  beii^  30  years.  5  months  and  16  days. 

"He  bfee^!    He  falls!   His  death-bed  is  the  fidd! 

His    £rge  the  tnxn^iet.  and  las  iMer  the  shirid! 
His  cloaz^  eyes  the  beam  of  valor  ^teak. 

The  flash  of  ardor  lingers  on  his  cheek: 
Serene,  he  lifts  to  heaven  th>>se  cloang  eyes. 

Then  for  his  coontry  breathes  a  prayer— AND  DIZS. 


November  9,  l55«i-      To   them 
His  life  was  spent  on  the  farm 
He  was  opposed  to  secessifKu  and 


OF  THE  CIVIL   WAR 


247 


Calvin  L.  Hawn,  the 
subjeft  of  this  sketch, 
whose  plo  03  appear  at 
the  ages  of  17  and  64 
years,  was  born  and 
reared  on  the  farm  three 
miles  south  of  Hickory, 
N.  C.  He  was  under 
the  care  of  his  widowed 
mother  and  elder  broth- 
er, his  father  having 
died  when  he  was  fifteen 
months  old.  He  receiv- 
ed a  limited  education 
at  the  old  log  school 
hoii.se  known  as  the 
"The  Abernethy  School 
House."  He  left  school 
at  the  age  of  fourteen 
year's  on  account  of  the 
Civil  war.  He  enlisted 
in  Company  K.  35th 
Regiment  N.  C.  Troops, 
Ransom's  Brigade,  Mar. 


HAHN 

R.  C.  Hahn  was  a 
faitliful  soldier  during 
his  term  of  service.  He 
enlisted  June  1,  1863. 
He  was  captured  and 
died  in  prison,  and  his 
remains  rest  with  thous- 
ands of  other  good  boys 
near  Petersburg. 

Robert  was  a  good 
Christain  boy,  saved  by 
grace. 


218 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


1,  1S64.  He  was  in  the 
i-apture  at  Plymouth. 
N.  C.  by  the  Ctjnl'eder 
ates,  April  18th  t.>  li(.th; 
Drevvry's  Bluff,  Va., 
May  16th;  Beimuda 
Hundred,  Ma/  20th; 
Avery  Farm.  June  17th 
(and  was  slig-htly  wound- 
ed), and  in  all  of  the 
siege  of  Petersburg,  Va., 
including  the  charge  of 
the  enemies'  works  an 
the  Weldon  Railroad  on 
August  30th,  and  in  that 
memorable  capture  of 
Fort  Steadman,  March 
26th,  1865,  which  was 
such  an  eyesore  to  the 
beautiful  Virginia  City; 
and  last,  when  all  was 
lost  at  Five  Forks, 
April  12th,  1865.  he  was 
captured  and  carried  to 
Point  Lookout,  Md.,  a 
prisoner  of  war.  He 
was  released  June  13lh, 
1865,  and  came  home, 
making  a  living  on  the 
farm.  In  April,  1884,  he  came  to  Hickory  and  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business;  later  on,  in  the  mercantile  business.  He  was  deputy  sheriff 
of  Hickory  township  from  1894  until  1898.  The  last  two  years  he  has 
devoted  his  time  to  his  farm. 

Ward,  J.  Sidney,  enlisted  October  16,  '61 ;  he  was  pi(i- 

moted  2nd  Lieutenant  in  '65;  he  died  in  1910. 

Ward,  Pinkney  A.,  enlisted  October  15,  '61 ;  he  was  pro- 
moted Corporal  December,  '61,  and  promoted  Serg-ean*^ 
July,  '63 ;  he  died  in  1909. 

Whitener,  Pinkney  J.,  enlisted  April  8,  '62.  (See  sketch 
and  photo.) 

Whitener,  Daniel  H.,  enlisted  October  15,  '61 ;  he  was 
killed  at  Plymouth,  April  20,  '64. 

Whitener,  Abel,  enli  ted  March  1,  '63;  he  died  since  the 
war. 

Whitener,  Henry,  enlisted  March  1,  '63;  he  died  recently. 

Whitener,  B.  F.,  enlisted  October  20,  '64;  he  died  since 
the  war. 


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249 


P.  R.  ROCKETT 
P.  R.  Rockett  was  a 
member  of  Company  K, 
3oth  Regiment,  having 
joined  August  10,  '62. 
He  made  a  good  record 
in  the  war,  and  also 
since— having  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of 
lumber.  He  is  now  a 
retired  old  soldier  resid- 
ing in  the  city  of  Hick- 
ory. He  educated  his 
family  who  honor  their 
father  bv  a  moral  life. 


ESAIAS  SIGMON 
Esaias  Sigmon  enlisted 
in  Company  K,  35th 
Regiment  in  18fj2.  He 
served  through  the  war, 
making  a  good  soldier. 
He  returned  home  at 
the  close,  and  raised  a 
family  of  three  children, 
only  one  of  whom  sur- 
vive him.  He  died  some 
years  ago.  He  was  a 
quiet,  peaceable,  hard- 
working man,  and  had 
the  respect  of  his  fel- 
lowmen. 


250 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


PINK  BERRY 

Pink  Berry  was  not  at 
the  time  of  his  enlist- 
ment a  Catawbian,  but 
born  and  educated  so 
near  the  line,  and  en- 
listing in  a  Company 
organized  in  Catawba, 
and  from  the  further 
fact  that  he  married 
and  settled  in  Catawba 
and  became  a  bona  fide 
citizen  he  claimed  en- 
trance into  the  history 
of  the  county,  and  hence 
he  here  appears  as  a 
Burke'  boy  but  a  Cataw;- 
ba  citizen.  "Pink."  as 
we    all    call    him,  was  a 


gallant  soldier,  and  did 
well  his  part  in  the  war, 
since  which  he  has  en- 
gaged more  or  less  in 
the  mercantile  business. 
He  is  a  jolly  good  fel- 
low, and  is  recognized 
before  he  is  seen  by  his 
jolly  good  laugh. 


OF   THE   CIVIL   WAR 


251 


H.  Cain  Sigmon  en- 
listed October  15,  1861  in 
Captain  Ellis'  Cumpai  v 
and  se--ved  faithfully  as 
a  private  until  Aprii. 
1863  ,  when  he  was  pro- 
moted Corporal.  He  was 
an  athelte,  and  had  a 
big,  kind  heart.  He 
was  especially  fond  of 
his  Captain,  Dr.  John- 
son, and  whenever  they 
came  to  a  stream,  or 
other  difficult  places  of 
crossing,  he  would  call 
out:  "Captain,  mounc 
me  I  I'll  carry  you  acrt  ss 
safely."  The  Capta'n. 
being  a  delicate  man. 
never  failed  to  obey. 

He  has,  since  the  close, 
made  a  living  at  car- 
pentry. He  is  now  liv- 
ing in  Hickory,  and  he 
alwavs  has  been  and  is 
still  the  City's  "Weath- 
er Prophet. " 


Philip  Sidney  White- 
ner  enlisted  in  Company 
K,  35th  Regiment  X.  C. 
Volunteers  at  its  orga- 
nization, October,  1861. 
He  was  killed  in  the 
charge  on  the  fort  at 
Plymouth.  N.  C.  April 
5.  1864.  He  was  an  ex- 
cellent soldier,  being 
both  brave  and  true. 
Sidnev  was  a  favorite 
of  the  Company,  being 
always  jovial  and  pleas- 
ant. It  is  sad.  indeed, 
to  realize  at  this  late 
day  that  so  many  brave 
and  true  Catawbians 
perished  on  the  battle- 
field. May  one  of  the 
iirst  to  greet  us  on  the 
celestial  .shore  be  our 
friend   Philip  Whitener. 


252 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


PINKNEY    WHITE- 
NER 

Mr.  Whitener  was 
born  on  a  farm  three 
miles  south  of  Hickory. 
N.  C,  and  is  seventy 
vears  old.  He  enlisted 
April  4.  1862,  in  Com- 
pany K,  85th  Regiment 
N.  ('.  Volunteers,  and 
was  in  the  following  en- 
gagements: Malvern 
Hill,  Va.;  Fredricks- 
burg,  Va.;  Sharpsburg, 
Md. :  Plymouth,  N.  C; 
Reams  Station,  Md.  ; 
Drewrys  Bluff,  Va. ; 
Bermuda  Hundred,  Va.; 
Arey  Farm,  Va, ;  and  all 
the  .siege  of  Petersburg, 
Va.,  and  was  in  the 
charge  and  capture  of 
Fort  Steadman,  Maich 
2nd,  1865,  and  Five 
Forks,  Va..  and  was  in 
the    surrender    at     Ap- 


MOSES  YODER 

Moses  Yoder  enlisted 
in  the  year  1862  in  Com- 
pany K,  35th  Regiment. 
He  did  what  he  could 
during  the  war.  On  his 
return  he  took  to  his 
former  calling,  farm- 
ing, at  which  he  made  a 
success  and  acquired 
some  property.  Recently 
he  disposed  of  his  pi-op- 
erty  and  retired  to  the 
city  of  Hickory,  now 
spending  his  last  days 
with  his  daughters. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


253 


p  )mattox  Court  House,  April  9,  18Hr>,  and  came  home  on  foot  April  22. 
1865.  He  served  throug'h  the  war  and  was  never  wounded  and  never 
captured  until  the  surrender,  and  was  never  excused  from  duty  hut  two 
weeks,  but  made  several  narrow  escapes.  He  has  devoted  his  life  to 
work  on  the  farm  up  to  the  present  time  Here  is  another  quiet,  ptace- 
ahle,  industrious  citizen  still  serving^,  and  tomparatively  a  young- 
man.     May  he  live  to  a  great  old  age. 

Whisenhant,  John  C,  enlisted  May  1,  '62;  he  was  killed 

at  Plymouth,  April  20,  '64. 
'Yount,  Levi  F.,  enlisted  March  1,  '63;  he  died  since 
Yoiint,  Walton  C,  enlisted  December  15,  '63;  he  is  still 

living-  on  his  farm  near  Hickory. 

Yoder,  Reuben,  enlisted  March  1,  '64;  he  died  since 
Yoder,  Moses,  enlisted  — .       (See  sketch  and  photo.) 
Yoder,  Amzi  A.,  enlisted  in  June,  '63.     (See  sk:tch  and 

photo.) 

A.  A.  YODER 

A.  A.  Yoder  was 
born  December  8,  1844. 
He  volunteered  in  Mal- 
Ictt's  Batallion  as  a 
drummer  boy,  April  1863. 
On  disbandment  of  this 
batallion.  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  Company  K, 
35th  N.  C.  Regiment, 
June  1863. 

He  was  wounded  on 
Jure  17th,  1863,  in  a 
battle  near  Chapin's 
Farm,  and,  after  several 
months,  returned  to  his 
regiment  in  front  of 
Petersburg.  Being  dis- 
abled in  arms,  he  was 
made  Courier  for  M.  W. 
Ransom  until  the  sur- 
render at    Appomattox. 

He  attended  Catawba 
College    one    year  after 
the  war,  and    then  went 
to    the    little    village  of 
Hickory  and  engaged  as 
a  clerk.     He  was  appointed  depot  agent  for  the  Southern    Railway,   and 
filled  that  place  for  several  years.     Then  he  became  express    agent    antl 
served  in  that  capacity  for  some  years.     He  is  now  devoting  his  time  to 
a  large  lot  in  raising  berries,  vegetables,  grapes  and  chickens. 
He  is  one  of  Hickorv's  worthiest  citizens. 


254  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


COMPANY  F.    38th  REGIMENT 

Company  F.  38  Regiment  was  enlisted  principally  by 
men  from  Cline's  Township.  They  were  of  that  sturdy  Ger- 
man Stock  that  do  things  when  they  determine.  This  Com- 
pany was  organized  the  Fourth  Saturday  of  September.  1861, 
under  the  spreading  branches  of  a  large  hickory  tree,  which 
was  already  famous,  and  thus  made  more  famous-standing 
in  the  yard  of  N.  E.  Sigmon.  On  Oct.  31st  this  Company 
was  received  by  the  then  Governor  Ellis.  By  reference  to 
the  Roster,  the  reader  can  see  its  officials. 

The  Company  left  the  County  for  active  service  the  10th 
of  November,  going  directly  to  Raleigh  to  Camp  Mangum 
for  drill  and  preparation  for  the  on-coming  conflict.  Here 
they  remained  till  next  March  (62).  From  thence  to  Weldcn 
to  guard  the  bridge,  where  it  remained  several  months; 
thence  to  Halifax  where  it  remained  a  short  time.  From 
Halifax,  the  Company  had  its  first  experience  in  marching  a 
distance  of  22  miles  word  having  been  received  that  the 
enemy  were  coming  from  the  East.  At  Clarksville.  the  Com- 
pany was  ordered  back  to  Halifax.  From  thence,  they  went 
to  Goldsboro,  N.  C,  as  the  enemy  were  reported  to  be  ad- 
vancing from  the  East.  While  here  the  Company  was  re- 
organized, April  18,  '62.  There  it  reinained  till  May,  and 
then  returned  to  Guinea  Station.  Va.,  where  they  struck 
camp  and  remained  some  time  doing  picket  duty.  From 
there  the  Company  went  to  join  Lee,  just  a  few  days  before 
the  Seven  Days  fight. 

On  the  26th  of  June,  on  the  right  of  the  Mechanicsville 
i'oad,was  their  first  trial  in  battle.  From  this  time  on  Co.  F. 
followed  Gen.  Lee  through  all  the  campaigns  of  '63  and  '64, 
and  was  in  all  the  battles  being  in  Gen.  Pender's  Brigade. 
A.  P.  Hill's  Division,  and  Jackson's  Corps.— a  corps  of  ex- 
!)loits— achievements  -  victories. 


OF   THE   CIVIL  WAR  2^ 

COMPANY  F.,  38TH  REGIMENT. 
OFFICERS. 

Little,  John  B.,  CaDtain ;  enlisted  October  31,  '61;  he  re- 
t-red  April  18,  '62;  he  died  in  1907. 

Aiken,  Joseph,  enlisted  October  15,  '61 ;  he  was  killed  at 
Malvern  Hill,  July  1,  '62. 

Roberts,  Horace  L.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  died  dur- 
ing the  war. 

Yount,  Daniel,  enlisted  April  18,  '62;  he  retired  Septem- 
Ijer  18,  '62;  he  is  still  livine. 

Bozeman,  Daniel  .F,  enlisted  September  18,  '62 ;  he  was 
];romoted  from  1st  Lieutenant ;  was  wounded  June  26,  '62 
at  Ellison's  Mill;  he  retired  March  25,  '63,  and  is  still 
living. 

Yount,  Joshua,  1st  Lieutenant ;  enlisted  September  18, 
'62.     (See  sketch  and  photo.) 

JOSHUA  A.  YOUNT 

Lieutenant  Joshua  A. 
Yount  volunteered  in 
1861,  and  on  the  17th  of 
January,  1862,  went  out 
as  1st  Sergeant  in  Com- 
pany F,  38th  Regiment 
of  N.  C.  Troops,  and 
served  through  the  en- 
tire four  years  of  war. 
This  company  was  known 
as  the  "Catawba  Wild 
Cats;"  and  was  organiz- 
ed at  Camp  Mangum, 
near  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

At  Camp  Mason,  on 
the  18th  of  April,  1862, 
he  was  made  2nd  Lieu- 
tenant, and  during  the 
last  two  years  of  war 
was  in  command  of 
Company  F  of  the  38th 
Regiment. 

Lieutenant  Yount  par- 
ticipated in  all  of  the 
most  important  battles, 
and  was  twice  severely  wounded.     He  was    first    wounded   January    26, 


256 


THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 


1862,  at  the  Seven  Day's  battle  around  Richmond,  and  again  on  the  2nd 
of  May,  1863,  at  Chancellorsville  while  in  command  of  his  Company. 
Lieutenant  Yount  was  with  Jackson  when  he  was  wounded,  and  was 
with  Lee  commanding  Company  F.  when  he  surrendered  at  Appomattox. 
Mr.  Yount  was  married  in  1869  to  Miss  Lena  Summit,  of  Newton, 
and  has  two  living  children,  Mr.  M.  H.  Yount,  of  Hickory,  and  Mrs. 
W.  C.  Feimster,  of  Newton.  In  1908  he  again  married  Miss  Anna 
Yoder,  the  daughter  of  G.  M.  Yoder,  Esq. 

Deal,  Alonzo,  enlisted  March  23,  '63,  and  was  promoted 
I'rom  2nd  Lieutenant ;  he  was  wounded  June  26,  '62  at  Elli- 
son's Mill;  and  again  July  1,  '63  at  Gettysburg;  he  is  still 
living. 

Yoder,  G.  M.,  2nd  Lieutenant;  enlisted  February,  '62. 
(See  sketch  and  photo.) 


G.  M.  YODER 

G.  M.  Yoder  was  born  on  the 
23rd  day  of  August,  1862.  His 
mother  died  when  he  was  six 
years  old.  He  received  a  pretty 
fair  education  in  the  old  fashio  - 
ed  school  of  his  day  and  time.  He 
was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  He 
volunteered  Oct.,  1862,  into  Con- 
federate service.  He  then  was 
the  Clerk  of  and  Master  of  Equity 
for  Catawba  County,  and  stepped 
into  the  ranks  as  a  private  in  Co. 
F.  38th  Regiment.  He  went  to 
Raleigh  to  Camp  Mangum.  The 
Company  had  volunteered  for  six 
months,  but  beforn  the  six  months 
had  expired,  Congress  passed  an 
act  to  re-organize  the  army  with 
a  conscript  act  attached  to  it. 
After  a  few  months  in  Camp,  he 
was  elected  Second  Lieutenant. 
They  left  Camp  Mangum 
their  winter  quarters,  and  were 
oidered  to  Weldon  to  guard  th 
railroad  bridge;  then  to  Goldsboro 
where  the  army  was  reorganize 

Being  Second  Lieutenant,  he  did  not  run  again  for  the  office.  He  came 
home  April,  1863.  He  was  soon  elected  Captain  of  the  Home  Guard  of 
the  Militia  of  North  Carolina,  which  position  he  held  until  the  war  closed. 
He  was  in  Camp  with  the  Company  to  guard  the  frontiers  at  Table  Rock. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  257 

Was  also  at  Salisbury  with  the  command  to  guard  the  arsenal  when  Gen. 
Stoneman  came  in  and  took  it  with  his  forces. 

After  the  war,  he  was  again  chosen  Magistrate  to  organize  the 
County,  and  was  also  again  chosen  as  one  of  the  County  Court.  In  1866, 
he  was  dis-franchised  from  voting  or  holding  office  by  law,  until  that 
law  was  repealed  by  Congress.  In  1876,  when  the  Democratic  Party  got 
control  of  the  State,  he  was  again  made  Magistrate,  which  position  he 
held  until  1894.  In  1880,  he  took  the  census  of  Jacob's  Fork  Township; 
and  in  1882,  he  again  was  elected  a  County  Commissioner.  In  1890,  he 
again  assisted  in  taking  the  census, — the  same  year  being  elected  Coroner. 

Since  1890,  the  Colonel  has  retired  from  public  life,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  writing  sketches  of  family  histories  of  the  old  settlers  in  the 
County.  His  life  has  been  a  temperate  one,  indeed,  as  he  neither  chews, 
smokes,  drinks,— drinking  neither  coffee,  whiskey,  milk,  nor  eats  butter. 
He  is  now  in  his  85th  year,  and  is  a  sprightly  old  gentleman,  loving  an 
iimocent  joke  as  well  as  the  younger  people.  He  has  spent  his  life  on 
the  farm  which  he  owns  on  the  South  Fork  River. 

Deal,  Alonzo,  2nd  Lieutenant;  enlisted  April  18,  '62;  he 
was  promoted  from  Sergeant,  and  wounded;  he  is  still 
living. 

Davis,  Hiram  A.,  enlisted  March  1,  '63;  he  was  promoted 
from  Sergeant ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

NON-COMMISSIONED  OFFICERS. 

Benick,  David  J.,  1st  Sergeant;  enlisted  October  31,  '61. 

Deal,  Alonzo,  3rd  Sergeant ;  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he 
was  promoted  to  Captain  March  25,  '63;  he  was  wounded 
both  at  Mechanicsville  and  Gettysburg. 

Hooke,  Donald  L.,  4th  Sergeant;  enlisted  October  31,  '61; 
he  was  promoted  to  2nd  Lieutenant  March  1,  '63;  he  is 
>-itill  living. 

Smith,  Quintum,  1st  Corporal;  enlisted  October  31,  '61; 
was  promoted  Sergeant,  and  wounded  at  both  Ox  Hill  and 
Gettysburg;  he  is  still  living. 

Null,  Elcanah,  2nd  Corporal;  enlisted  October  31,  '61; 
he  was  promoted  Sergeant,  and  killed  June  30,  '62  at 
Frazier's  Farm. 

Sigmon,  Nelson  E.,  3rd  Corporal;  enlisted  October  30, 
'61.     (See  sketch.) 

Brinkley,  John  R..  4th  Corporal ;  enlisted  October  30,  '61 ; 
no  account  can  be  given  of  him. 


258 


THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 


Lee  until  June  22,  18(54, 
when  he  fell  in  battle 
fatally  wounded,  on  the 
right  of  P(  tersburg,  Va. 
This  stopped  his  service 
in  the  army. 

After  the  surrender, 
he  went  to  the  field  on 
crutches,  determined  to 
help  build  up  the  waste 
places  that  were  crushed 
by  the  war,  and  make 
a  living  for  himself, 
mother  and  two  sisters, 
who  fought  the  battles 
at  home  and  cheered  us 
on  to  the  battles  for  our 
country.  He  is  one  of 
the  noble  sons  of  Cata- 
wba —  still  living  and 
doing  all  he  can  to  bring 
Catawba  to  ihe  front 
rank  in  the  State. 


NELSON   E.     SIGMON 

Nelson  E.  Sigmon  en- 
listed in  Company  F, 
38th  N.  C.  Regiment  <.n 
October  31,  1861,  as 
Corporal.  Afterwards, 
he  was  promoted  to 
Sergeant,  and  acted  as 
Orderly  for  a  good  part 
of  the  time.  He  was 
wounded  June  26,  1K62, 
during  the  Seven  Day's 
fight  around  Richmond. 
After  recovering  from 
his  wound  he  joined  his 
regiment  at  Winchester, 
th(^  September  follow- 
ing, and  took  part  in  all 
principal  battles  around 
Fredricksburg,  Va..  in 
that  year,  and    followed 


OF  THE  CIVIL   WAR  259 

PRIVATES. 

Arrowood,  Gilbert,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  wa>^ 
wounded  at  Chancellorsville,  and  killed  July  1,  at  Gettys- 
burg. 

Baker,  George  H.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  was  pro- 
moted Corporal,  and  wounded  July  1,  '63  at  Gettysburg; 
he  died  since  the  war. 

Baker,  Jacob  M.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  was  killed 
July  18,  '63  at  Gettysburg. 

Bost,  Miles  W.  A.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61;  he  died  since 
the  war. 

Clawson,  A.,  enlisted  August  19,  '64. 

Crawford,  Sidney  H.,  enlisted  March  16,  '63;  no  further 
account  of  him  can  be  gotten. 

Crawford,  Anderson  M.,  enlisted  August  14,  '63 ;  he  died 
at  Point  Lookout. 

Cline,  Jefferson  E.,  enlisted  March  16,  '63;  he  died  since 
the  war, 

Cline,  J.  0.,  enlisted  March  20,  '64;  he  was  wounded  in 
the  war;  he  died  in  1899. 

Cline,  Laban,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  was  wounded 
March,  '62  at  Weldon. 

Christopher,  D.,  enlisted  October  11,  '63;  he  is  still  living. 

Cloninger,  M.  H.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  died  since 
the  war. 

Deal,  William,  enlisted  October  11,  '63;  died  at  Point 
Lookout. 

Daggenhart,  Noah,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  died 
March,  '62  at  Halifax,  N.  C. 

Drum,  Franklin,  enlisted  October  31,  '61;  he  died  in 
January,  '62  at  Raleigh,  being  the  first  death  in  the  Com- 
pany. 

Deitz,  Daniel  A.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61;  he  was  killed 
at  Hagerstown. 

Deal,  W.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  died  at  Point  Look- 
out. 

Fletcher,  P.  C,  enlisted  August  19,  '64. 

P'ox,  Marcus,  enlisted  October  31,  '61;  died  in  April,  '62 
at  Petersburg, 


260  THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER   OF 

Fox,  Daniel  A.,  enlisted,  and  came  home,  and  died  since 
the  war. 

Fox,  Adolphus,  enlisted  Octobfr  31,  '62;  he  was  taken 
prisoner;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Fox,  John,  enlisted,  and  was  wounded  in  '64,  losing  an 
arm ;  he  is  still  living. 

Graham,  Jacob,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  is  still  living. 

George,  J.  F.,  enlisted  August  19,  '64 ;  no  account  of  him. 

Hoke,  George  J.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  died  Feb- 
ruary 14,  '63  of  wound  received  at  Haruer's  Ferry. 

Hoke,  Martin  L.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  was  paroled ; 
he  died  in  1908. 

Hoke,  John  D.,  enlisted  March  16.  '63;  he  was  svounded, 
losing  an  arm.    He  is  still  living. 

Helms,  Daniel,  enlisted  March  6,  '63 ;  he  was  killed  July 
1.  '63  at  Gettysburg. 

Hefner,  Elcanah  R.,  enlisted  October  31.  '61;  he  was 
promoted  Corporal,  and  died  on  boat  from  prison. 

Hefner,  Hiram,  enlisted  October  31,  '61,  and  was  paroled; 
he  died  since  the  war. 

Hefner,  Devault,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  was  dis- 
charged April,  '62  for  disability ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Hefner,  Peter,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  died  Septem- 
ber, '62  at  Winchester,  Va. 

Holler,  Peter,  enlisted  October  31,  '61,  and  was  disc- 
charged  April  20,  '63 ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Holler,  David,  enlisted  October  31,  '61,  and  was  paroled; 
he  is  still  living. 

Hedrick,  Alfred  M.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61,  and  was 
promoted  Sergeant;  he  is  still  living. 

Hedrick,  John  C.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61.  and  was  pro- 
moted at  Mechanicsville ;  he  is  still  living. 

Hedrick,  Logan,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  died  No- 
vember 26,  '62  in  North  Carolina. 

Hedrick,  Hiram,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  died  Aug- 
ust, '62  at  Richmond,  Va. 

Hedrick,  Anderson,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  is  still 
living  in  Missouri. 

Huffman,  David,  enlisted  October  31,  '61,  and  was  wound- 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


261 


cd  at  Ellison's  Mill;  he  died  in  1905. 

Huffman,  Allen,  enlisted  October  31,  '91 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Huffman,  Burwell,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  was  killed 
at  Chancellorsville  May  3,  '63. 

Huffman,  Alfred,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  was  wound- 
ed September  14,  '62,  at  Harper's  Ferry,  and  discharged 
January,  '63 ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Huffman,  William  S.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61;  he  was 
killed  at  Petersburg,  April,  '65,  b3ing  the  last  man  killed 
in  the  Company. 

Huffman,  Jacob,  enlisted  October  31,  '61;  he  was  killed 
at  Mechanicsville. 

Huffman,  B.  L.,  enlisted  — ;  he  is  still  living. 

Huffman,  M.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61;  he  was  killed  at 
Frazier's  Farm. 

Hunsucker,  Elcanah,  enlisted  October  31,  '61.  (See 
sketch.) 


ELCANAH  HUN- 
SUCKER 

Elcanah  Hunsucker 
enlisted  October  31st, 
1861,  in  Company  F, 
38th  Regiment.  He 
served  with  fidelity  dur- 
ing the  war.  He  return- 
ed and  engaged  in  farm- 
ing. He  has  raised  more 
orphans  than,  p«  rhaps, 
any  other  man  in  the 
State,  and  numbers  his 
friends  by  the  scoi-e. 

Uncle  "Caney"  is 
known  far  and  wide, 
and  all  love  him  for  his 
familiarity.  He  is  well 
advanced  in  years,  but 
is  quite  active  and  alert 
for  his  age.  He  is  an 
active  member  of  the 
Lutheran  Chuj-ch,  and 
believes  in  going  about 
doing  good. 


262  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

Huffman,  Ambrose,  enlisted  October  SI,  '61 ;  he  died  at 
Richmond,  Va.,  in  '62, 

Hunsucker,  Marcus,  enlisted  — ;  he  died  shice  the  war. 

Hodge,  Charles,  enlisted  — ;  he  died  in  1880. 

Isenhour,  Abel,  enlisted  March  16,  '63;  he  died  at  Grime's 
Station,  June  6,  '63. 

Kanup,  Miles,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  was  killed  at 
Spottsylvania,  June  13,  '64. 

Lael,  Jacob,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  was  killed  July 
1,  '63  at  Gettysburg. 

Lael,  Elias,  enlisted  October  31,  '61;  he  died  in  Georgia 
in  '63. 

Lael,  Lawson,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  was  wounded 
August  28,  '62  at  Manassas ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Moser,  Miles,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  was  wounded 
August  28,  '62  at  Manassas,  and  died. 

Moser,  Joe,  enlisted  — ;  he  is  still  living. 

Null,  Daniel,  enlisted  October  31,  '61,  and  was  paroled; 
he  died  at  home  in  '64. 

Little,  Peter,  enlisted  October  11,  '63;  he  died  since  the 
war. 

Pope,  David,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  was  killed  Sep- 
tember 17,  '62  at  Sharpsburg. 

Pope,  Marcus,  enlisted  October  31,  '61,  and  was  paroled 
m  '64 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Pope,  Miles,  enlisted  October  31,  '61,  and  was  paroled  in 
'64 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Pope,  Elcanah,  enlisted  March  16,  '63;  he  was  wounded 
July  1,  '63  at  Gettysburg;  he  died  in  1906. 

Pope,  George,  enlisted^  March  16,  '63 ;  he  was  killed  at 
Gettysburg  July  1,  '63.  ^  ^^' 

Parks,  Augustus,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  died  in 
the  war. 

Phelps,  John,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  was  wounded 
at  Sharpsburg,  and  died  from  wound. 

Roseman,  Marion  J.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61,  and  was 
prornoted  Sergeant ;  he  was  wounded  at  Gettysburg,  July 
1.  '63 ;,  he  is  still  living. 

Rector,  John  E.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  died  in  Feb- 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


263 


ruary,  '62  at  Raleigh. 

Rector,  Gilbert,  enlisted  October  31,  '61;  he  died  in 
March,  '62  at  Goldsboro. 

Romana,  Augustus  B.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61;  he  is  still 
living.     (He  is  an  Italian.) 

Sigmon,  Adolphus  E.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  is  still 
living. 

Shook,  David,  enlisted  October  31,  '61,  and  was  dis- 
charged in  November,  '62 ;  he  died  in  1906. 

Shook,  Franklin,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  is  still 
living. 

Shook,  Philo,  enlisted  — ;  he  is  still  living. 

Shook,  Daniel,  enlisted  — ;  he  is  still  living. 


DANIEL  SHOOK 

There  is  no  record 
given  the  author,  and 
in  searching  for  data  in 
Moore's  Roster,  he  finds 
not  Daniel  but  David 
Shook.  Hence  this 
sketch  will  not  be~§atis- 
factory  to  his  friends. 
The  author  will  vouch  tor 
his  good  qualities  as  a 
soldier  and  citizen,  how- 
ever, for  Catawba  furn- 
ished few  who  were  not 
such. 


Shook,  Lawson,  enlisted  — ■;  he  died  since  the  war. 
Shook,  John,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  was  discharged 
March,  '62  at  Weldon,  N.  C. 


264 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Sigmon,  Martin,  enlisted  October  31,  '61;  he  was  dis- 
charged April  18,  '62;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Sigmon,  Logan  H.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  is  living 
in  Tennessee. 

Sigmon,  Alfred  L.,  enlisted  April  30,  '61 ;  he  was  killed 
at  Chancellorsville,  May  3,  '63. 


ALFRED  SIGMON 
Alfred  Sigmon  enlist- 
ed in  Company  F,  38th 
Regiment  April  30,  186L 
In  the  battle  of  Chan- 
cellorsville May,  3,  1873 
he  was  killed.  He  was 
one  of  the  true  members 
of  Company  F.  Another 
vacant  farm,  another 
vacant  home  on  account 
of  savage  war;  war  that 
carries  nothing  but  de- 
struction and  ruin  in  its 
wake. 


Sigmon,  William,  enlisted  — ;  he  died  in  1908. 

Sigmon,  Anson,  enlisted  March  16,  '63 ;  he  died  at  Rich- 
mond in  '64. 

Sigmon,  Devault,  enlisted  August  14,  '62.     (See  sketch.) 

Setzer,  Marcus,  enlisted  October  31,  '61;  he  was  trans- 
ferred May  1,  '62  to  Company  A.,  12th  Regiment. 

Setzer,  Alfred,  enlisted  October  31,  '61;  he  was  wounded 
m  '64.     (See  sketch,; 

Traffentadt,  Peter,  enlisted  March  16,  '63;  he  was 
wounded  at  Chancellorsville;  he  is  still  living, 

Traffentadt,  William,  enlisted  October  31,  '61    and  was 


OF   THE   CIVIL   WAR 


265 


ALFRED  SETZER 

Albert  Setzer  served 
his  country  well  for  four 
years.  He  was  once 
wounded  in  the  shoulder, 
the  ball  never  being  ex- 
tracted. He  surrender- 
ed at  Appomattox.  He 
has  been  an  active  me- 
chanic in  the  upbuild- 
ing of  Hickory  since 
then. 

When  he  enlisted  in 
the  service,  an  unseen 
voice  told  him  he  should 
not  be  killed  in  the  ser- 
vice, but  on  entering  the 
battle  in  which  he  was 
wounded,  he  swore  an 
oath,  and  that  ; 

voice  came  to  him  very 
audibly  that  he  would 
be  wounded,  but  not 
killed. 


DAVAULT  SIGMON 

Davault  Sigmon  was 
wounded  at  Wilderness. 
After  his  return  he  was 
detailed  on  prisoner 
corps  until  the  surren- 
der. Soon  after,  he 
went  to  Indiana  and  en- 
gaged in  the  undertak- 
er's business.  He  re- 
turned to  North  Caro- 
lina in  1885.  and  died  at 
Conover  in  1886. 

Another  worthy  citi- 
zen has  answered  the 
last  roll  call. 


266  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

promoted  Corporal;  he  was  wounded  at  Chancellorsville, 
May  2,  '63 ;  he  died  in  June,  1910. 

Winebarger,  Noah,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  died  sinco 
the  war. 

Winebarger,  Daniel,  enlisted  October  31,  '61,  and  was 
paroled  in  '64 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Warren,  John  Q.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  12th  Regiment  on  May  1,  '62. 

Yount,  Miles,  enlisted  October  31,  '61 ;  he  was  killed  July 
1,  '63  at  Gettysburg. 

Yount,  George  W.,  enlisted  October  31,  '61;  he  is  still 
living. 


OF   THE   CIVIL  WAR  267 


COMPANY    K,    46    NORTH    CAROLINA  REGI- 
MENT 

Known  as  the  Catawba  Braves,  left  Newton,  Catawba 
County,  March  13th  1862,  and  went  in  Camp  Mangum  near 
Raleigh,  N.  C.  The  Company  was  organized  and  commis- 
sioned on  March,  15th  1862.  with  the  following  officers:  — 

Adolphus  T.  Bost.  Captain  was  mortally  wounded  at 
Reams  Station  near  Petersburg  and  died  from  said  wound; 
Alexander  Rowe,  1st  Lieutenant  was  mortally  wounded  at 
Reams  Station  and  died  from  said  wound;  James  H.  Hoover, 
2nd  Lieutenant,  was  mortally  wounded  at  Reams  Station,  and 
died  from  said  wound. 

Marcus  M.  Smyer,  3i"d  Lieutenant,  was  mortally  wound- 
ed at  Reams  Station  and  died  from  said  wound.  Acoinsident, 
all  mortally  wounded  in  same  battle. 

The  total  number  of  the  Company  at  this  time  was  102. 
The  46  Regiment  then  went  to  Goldsboro,  and  from  there  to 
Seven  Pines  near  Richmond;  but  the  fight  was  over  at  this 
time:  thence  to  Sharpsburg,  Md.,  at  which  place  we  only 
lost  a  few  men;  thence  we  returned  to  the  Valley  of  Virginia 
and  on  the  13th  of  December,  1862,  we  were  engaged  in  the 
Battle  of  Fredericksburg,  vvhere  we  charged  down  the 
.Mariy's  Heights  to  a  Rock  fence,  which  we  used  for  a  breast 
work.  This  was  near  the  town.  The  Yankies  formed  eight 
columns  deep  in  front  of  the  rock  fence  and  we  held  our 
position.  We  lost  only  a  few  men  here,  but  the  Yankies 
were  slain  by  the  hundreds  in  front  of  the  rock  fence.  The 
enemies  vacated  the  town  that  night,  and  we  drove  them 
across  the  Potomac  River,  then  we  returned  to  Camp,  near 
Petersburg,  Va.,  and  was  ordered  to  the  South.  We  went 
in  camp  at  Wilmington,  N.  C.  for  a  short  time;  then  went 
to  South  Carolina,  below  Charleston  Mill  to  a  place  on  the 
coast  called  Patacaligo,  where  we  were  under  General  Bean- 
regard  where  we  threw  up  breast  works,  and  after  a  short 
time  we  were  ordered  back  to  Virginia  near  Richmond;  then 
we  went  on  a  march  to-wards  Manasses,  and  got  in   contact 


268  THE  CATAWBA   SOLDIER 

with  the  enemy  at  Bristow  Station.  We  had  a  fight:  we 
charged  on  them  in  a  deep  rail  road  cut,  but  had  to  retreat. 
There  we  lost  seven  men  and  a  number  wounded.  The  enemy 
disappeared  that  night;  then  we  returned  towards  Richmond 
and  tore  up  the  railroad  track  and  went  in  camp  near  Rich- 
mond; then  on  the  first  of  May,  1864,  we  left  our  camp  near 
Orangebury  C.  H.  and  went  to  the  Wilderness  Battle  Ground 
May,  4th  1864. 

We  formed  a  line  in  the  thick  woods,  and  about  5  P.  M. 
our  Pickets  came  in  and  the  enemies  advanced  near  enough  to 
fight,  and  without  any  breast  works  we  fought  for  about  two 
hours  and  we  lost  heavily.  We  were  out  of  amunition,  our 
ranks  got  this,  and  we  fell  back  a  few  hundred  yards  until 
reinforcements  came  in,  and  we  then  held  our  ground.  The 
woods  changed  their  appearance;  they  were  trimmed  with 
shells  and  bullets.  Then  we  returned,  and  after  several 
other  engagements  with  the  enemy,  we  went  in  camp  near 
Petersburg,  Virginia,  in  the  breast  works  near  the  blow  up 
of  works;  thence  we  moved  on  the  South  side  of  Petersburg, 
and  were  engaged  in  a  Battle  at  Reams  Station,  where  we 
captured  their  works  and  several  hundred  Yankies,  but  had 
to  fall  back  and  withdraw  from  the  works.  We  lost  heavily, 
Captain  A.  T.  Bost  was  mortally  wounded,  and  died  in  Rich- 
mond, from  said  wound.  Also  Marcus  Smyre,  3rd  Lieutenant 
was  mortally  wounded,  and  died  at  Petersburg,  from  said 
wound;  also  Alexander  Rowe,  1st  Lieutenant;  and  James 
Hoover,  2nd  Lieutenant  was  mortally  wounded,  and  both 
died  from  their  wounds. 

Sergt.  R.  A.  Bost  then  took  charge  of  the  Company  and 
became  Captain,  and  after  returning  to  the  breast  works 
near  Petersburg,  remained  there  until  about  April,  1st  1865. 
We  vacated  Petersburg,  and  went  on  the  march  up  the  James 
River  with  Lee's  Army  untill  the  Yankies  surounded  us  at 
Appomattox  Court  House,  on  April,  5th  1865,  where  the  two 
great  armies  met  for  the  first  time  in  peace,  and  the  last 
time  in  War;  and  in  a  few  days  we  got  our  Parole  and  return- 
ed to  our  homes,  a  foot. 

The  war  was  over,  and  peace  declared. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


269 


COMPANY  K.  4«th  REGIMENT. 


Bost,  Adolphus  T.,  Captain,  enlisted  March  15th,  1862.  He 
was  wounded  at  the  Battle  of  the  Wilderness,  May  5th,  1864. 
He  was  killed  in  1864.    (See  sketch). 

CAPT.  ADOLPHUS  T. 
BOST 

Few  men  were  more 
faithful  to  their  duties 
as  a  confederate  soldier 
than  Captain  Adolphus 
T.  Bost;  who  command- 
ed Co.  K.  46th,  N.  C. 
Troops,  from  Catawba 
County.  The  46th  regi- 
ment was  organized  at 
Camp  Mangum  near 
Raleigh,  in  March  1862. 
Capt.  Bost  was  a  son  of 
•Jonas  Bost  of  Newton, 
and  was  universally 
liked  for  his  genial 
spirit,  and  good  qualities 
in  general.  He  was 
with  his  Company  in 
marching  and  fighting, 
and  was  twice  wounded. 
On  August  25th  1864,  at 
Reams  Station,  he  fell, 
and  was  succeeded  by 
his  brother  Capt.   R.  A. 

Bost.  The  writer  of  the  sketch  of  the  46th  Regiment,  Lieutenant  J.  M. 
Waddell,  (see  Vol  3  N.  C.  Regimental  history.)  says;  "Capt.  A.  T.  Bost, 
fell  at  Reams  Station,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  brother  R.  A.  Bost, 
who  as  Captain  received  a  severe  face  wound  and  was  disabled  thereby. 
No  steadier  men  ever  faced  a  firing  line  than  these  two".  A  very  high 
compliment  from  Lieutenant  Waddell  of  S.  C.  The  three  brothers 
Joseph  M.,  Adolphus  T.  and  Robert  A.  Bost  were  all  captains  and  aquitted 
themselves  with  honor.  A.  T.  Bost  had  married  and  settled  on  a  nice 
farm  a  few  miles  from  Newton;  he  gave  up  all,  family,  home,  and  his 
life  for  his  country.     What  a  great  sacrifice? 

Best,  Robert  A.,  Captain,  enlisted  in  1864,  and  was  promoted 
from  Sergeant.    He  died  since  the  war. 


270 


THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 


Routh,  Alexander,  1st.  Lieut.,  enlisted  March  loth,  1862. 
He  was  wounded  at  Fredericksburg,  Dec.  13th,  1862.  He  was 
killed  in  1864. 

Hoover,  James  H.,  2nd.  Lieut.,  enlisted  March  loth,  1862. 
He  was  killed  in  1864. 

Smyre,  Marcus  M.,  Lieut.,  enlisted  March  loth,  1862.  He 
was   killed   in    1864. 

NON-COMMISSIONED  OFFICERS: 


Lutz,  H.  L.,  1st  Sergeant,  enlisted  March  loth,  1862.  He 
died  November  2oth,  1862. 

Wilson,  M.  M.,  2nd.  Sergeant,  enlisted  :\Iarch  15th,  1862. 
He  died  December  15th,  1862  at  Richmond. 

Shuford,  John  Sidne}',  3rd.  Sergeant,  enlisted  March  15th, 
1862.    He  is  still  living,  on  his  farm. 

Eckard,  Simeon,  1st  Corporal,  enh.sted  March  loth.  1862. 
He  is  still  living.     (See  sketch). 


ABEL  S.  ECKARD 

Abel  S.  Eckard  be- 
came a  member  of  Co. 
K.  46th  Regiment,  Sept- 
ember 25th,  1862.  He 
was  a  brave  soldier,  and 
served  his  country  well. 
He  devotes  his  time  to 
agriculture. 


OF   THE   CIVIL   WAR 


271 


Routh.  Levi  W..  4th  Sergeant,  enlisted  March  loth.  1862. 
He  was  killed  at  Ream'?  Station. 

Laefevers.  I.=aac.  5th  Sergeant,  enli.-ted  Marfh  l.")th.  lSfi2. 
Xo  further  record  of  him  can  be  found. 

Bollinger.  WilHam  P..  2nd.  Corporal,  enli.sted  March  loth. 
1S62.  He  was  killed  Sept.  9th,  1862  at  Sharp.-burg.  by  his  own 
gun  going  off  while  crossing  the  river. 

Rowe.  J.  Dallas.  3rd.  Corporal,  enhsted  [March  loth.  1862. 
See  .sketch). 

JOHN  DALLAS  ROWE 

John  Dallas  Rowe  was 
born  Feb.  9th.  184-5.  At 
the  age  of  17  years,  he 
joined  th2  army, 
(March  the  15th,  1862.) 
in  Co.  K.  46i;h  Regiment 
serving  it  faithfully 
until  the  surrender  at 
Appomattox. 

He  was  once  wounded 
in  the  left  lung,  from 
which  he  never  fully 
recovered. 

After  the  war.  he. 
together  with  quite  a 
number  of  the  younger 
soldiers,  attended  Ca- 
tawba College,  and 
later,  he  was  a  teacher 
in  that  institution.  He 
held  the  office  of  County 
Superintendent  of 
Public  Instruction,  from 
1SS1-18S9.  He  attended 
the  Seminary  of  The 
Presbyterian  Church    in 

Columbia.  S.  C,  and  afterwards,  engaged  in  the  ministrj- of  that  church' 
He  was  resi>ected  by  his  company-  for  his  courage  in  battle,  and  for  this 
was  twice  promoted. —first  a  Corporal, —afterwards  a  Sergeant. 

He  and  the  author  were  always  special  friends,  and  rivals  in  the 
literary  societies  of  Catawba  College.  He  died  Jan.  9th.  19<J6.  and.  in 
his  death,  Catawba  lost  another  noble  son. 

Shuford,  William  H..  4th  Corporal,  enlisted  ^larch  loth. 
1  S«j2.   He  was  kiUed  at  the  Battle  of  Wilderness. 


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THE  CATAWBA    SOLDIER 


Ha>Ties.  Geo.  M..  Musician,  enlisted  March  lo'.z..  I^y2.  He 
is  now  living  in  Alississippi. 

Abemethy.  John  P..  Musician,  enlisted  March  loth.  1862. 
He  is  still  living. 

Yoder.  Marcus.  Musician,  enlisted  March  15th.  1862.  He 
died  after  the  war.       See  sketch  . 

MARCUS  YODER 
Marcos  Yoder  senred 
as    a    musiaan   in    tbe 
war.    After  dte  dose  he 
settled  in   Hickoiy  and 
engaged  in  tiie  mercan- 
tile bastness.    in  wfaich 
he  was  reascnaUy  soc- 
eessfiiiL     He  £ed  in  tbe 
year — .  and  bequeatiied 
in  his  win  twx>-thirds  of 
hts  fnupettj.     amount- 
ing   to     SIOOO,   to    the 
two  dmrdhes — Son   E. 
L.    Chordi    (the  church 
of  yoang»-  days)     ace 
H<^   TrinitT  dnrch  : 
Hidcory.     in   which   1~ 
hdd  his  membo^up  -i.' 
die  time  of  his  deatl- 
Part  of  his  moB^  w^ 
to  go  towards  building 
brick   dHEF^    at    Sor 
provided  the  congTeg^ 
tioD  would  dopiicmte  tr 
amount.    They   Ad  sc 
and  today  thoe  stands 

to  hs  crofit  a  handsome  brick  structure  at  Sod.      He  <fied  m  the  £uth 
of  the  h9peof  t^RsurrectiaB<^the  just.  AnoMeeramiiie  tor  wail  itr. 


PRIV.\TES: 


AbCTnethv.  Miles,  enlisted  March  i:Jth.  1862.  He  is  now  dead. 
Abetnethv,  Caleb,  enlisted  March  13th.  1862.  He  is  still  Kving. 
Aradt.  Henry,  enlisted  March  13th.  1862.  He  was  dtschai^ed 
July  loth.  1S62.  oa  accoant  oi  <fisabifity.  He  died  ance  the  war. 
Amdt,  Jacob,  enlisted  March  13th.  1862.    He  died  ^nce  tbe 


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273 


Arney,  Phillip,  enlisted  March  13th,  1862.    He  is  still  living;. 

Armstrong,  Turner,  enlisted  Oct.  1st,  1862.  At  Fredericks- 
])urg,  he  was  wounded.    He  died  in  the  war. 

Bost,  Robert  A.,  enlisted  June  8th,  1862.  He  was  transferred 
from  12th  Regiment,  June,  1862,  and  promoted  1st.  Sergeant, 
Nov.  21st,  1862.  He  was  afterwards  promoted  to  Captain.  He 
died  since  the  war. 

Bumgarner,  H.  L.,  enlisted  March  13th  1862.    He  died  since. 

Bost,  Alfred  W.,  enlisted  March  13th,  1882.    He  is  now  dead. 

Barringer,  P.  R.,  enlisted  March  13th,  1832.  He  was  killed  at 
Frederickville,  Va.,  Dec.  13th,  1862. 

Bandy,  Jacob  W.,  enlisted  March  13th,  1862.  He  is  still  hving; 
a  mason  by  profession. 

Burch,  William  R.,  enhsted  March  13th,  1862.  He  is  still 
living. 

H.  H.  CALDWELL 

H.  H.  Caldwell  enlist- 
ed in  Company  K,  46th 
N.  C.  Regiment  from  Ca- 
tawba county.  He  left 
home  on  the  25th  day  of 
March,  1862,  and  went 
to  Camp  Mangum,  near 
Raleigh,  N.  C,  and 
drilled.  Later,  went  to 
Goldsboro,  N.  C,  and 
formed  in  Gen.  Heath's 
Division;  and  later,  to 
Virginia  in  Gen.  Lee's 
army. 

He  was  in  the  battle 
of  Manassas  Junction 
on  September  17,  1862; 
and  at  Fredricksburg  on 
December  13;  around 
Richmond  and  Seven 
Pines  May  31  to  June  5; 
at  the  Wilderness  fight 
May  5. 

On  the  26th  day  of 
March,     1865,    he    was 

captured  at  Hatcher's  Run,  near  Petersburg,  Va 
Lookout,  where  he  remained  until  the  surrender. 

He  is  a  good  citizen,  good  farmer,  and  liked  by  all  who  know 


and    taken    to    Point 
him. 


274 


THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 


H()l)l)s,  John,  enlisted  Alarch  13th,  1862.    He  received  a  wound 
from  which  he  died  December  20th,  1862. 
Finjicr,  Dock,  enlisted  March  13,  62. 

DOCK  FINGER 

I  enlisted  in  Co.  K.  4*i 
Reeriment,  March  Kith, 
18d2.  We  were  drilleil 
awhile  at  ."Salisbury: 
thence  to  Goldsboro; 
thence  to  Seven  Pines; 
thenco  to  Drury's  Bluff; 
thence  to  Washington; 
tlience  to  Har))er's 
Ferry,  where  we  captur- 
ed five  hundred  of  the 
enemy.  I  was  then  in 
the  battle  of  Sharps- 
burg,  where  I  was 
severely  wounded.  I 
walked  ninety  two  miles 
back  to  Staunton  with 
an  ounce  ball  in  my  leg, 
and  after  fourteen 
weeks,  I  cut  the  ball 
out  myself.  We  then 
went  sixty-five  miles 
below  Charleston,  up  to 
the  Coast  to  the  Wilder- 
ness (May  6th,  1864), 
where  I  received  another  wound.  In  the  battles  of  Sharpsburg  and 
Bristow's  station,  I  fired  as  many  balls  as  any  man  in  our  Company.  I 
was  a  lucky  man  throughout  the  war;  but  since  then,  I  have  not  been 
so  fortunate  Some  years  ago,  I  visited  some  of  those  grounds,  and  I 
was  made  to  feel  sad  when  I  counted  so  many  of  the  graves  of  the  enemy, 
feeling,  as  I  did.  that  some  of  my  balls  caused  a  grave.  Now,  since 
fifty  years  have  passed,  and  God  has  been  good  to  some  of  us  living  to 
a  good  old  age,  let  us  be  as  good  soldiers  of  the  cross  of  Christ  as  we 
were  of  the  "Lost  Cause";  and  let  our  re-union  beyond  the  river  be  one 
of  greater  joy  than  those  of  earth. 

Hahn,  W.  P.,  enlisted  March  20th,  1862.  He  was  killed  at  the 
Battle    of   the    Wilderness. 

Helton,  Hosea,  enlisted  .hdy  lOth,  1862.   He  died  since  the  wai'. 

Huitt,  John  L.,  enlisted  Septend)er  25th,  1862.     (See  sketch). 

Isenhour,  B.  CI.,  enlisted  March  13th,  1862.  He  died  July  24th, 
1862. 


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275 


J.  L.    HEWITT 

I  enlisted  March  26th, 
1862.  I  was  one  of  the 
youngest  soldiers  that 
left  Catawba  County,  I 
was  only  16  years  old. 
I  joined  Capt.  A.  T. 
Bost's  Company  (Co.  K. 
46th  Regiment),  Cook's 
Brigade,  Heath's  Divi- 
sion   A.  P.  Hill's  Corps. 

We  first  went  to 
Raleigh;  then  toGreens- 
boi'o;  Then  to  Richmond 
Va.,  at  the  Seven  Pines 
Battle;  to  Malvern  Hill 
from  there;  then  over 
into  Maryland,  and  up 
into  Pennsylvania.  1 
was  wounded  at  Sharps- 
burg,  Md.,  Sept.  13th, 
1862. 

I  was  in  all  of  the 
battles  of  Harper's 
Ferry,  Fredericksburg, 
and  all  the  skirmishes 
around    Richmond     and 

Petersburg.     I  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness, 
1864.  (Space  will  not  permit  my  giving  all  my  records). 

I  came  home  Sept.  10th,  1864,  with  a  bad  wound.  I  was  at  home  at 
the  time  of  Lee's  surrender,  still  quite  ill  with  my  wound. 

After  the  surrender,  I  was  almost  in  destitute  circumstances.  In 
1866,  I  farmed  some;  then  learned  the  millwright's  trade,  and  worked 
at  that  until  1878.  I  then  got  in  the  United  States  Marshall  service; 
was  in  that  two  years.  I  then  was  storekeeper  and  gauger  in  the  Rev- 
enue Department,  and  served  that  until  the  Watt's  law  came  into  effect. 
Out  of  all  this,  I  made  quite  a  nice  little  pile,  and  am  now  on  my  farm. 

I  was  married  in  1866  to  a  Miss  Rabb.  I  have  six  children  living;  five 
boys  and  one  girl. 

I  was  elected  to  the  office  of  Justice  of  The  Peace  at  the  age  of 
twenty  years,  and  still  hold  the  office  yet  at  the  age  of  65  years. 

Jarrett,  Obediah,  enlisted  in  July,   1862     (See  sketch). 

Jones,  John  A.,  enlisted  March  13th,  1862.  He  died  at  Rich- 
mond, Dec.  8th,  1862. 

Keener,  James  ]M.,  enlisted  March  the  13th,  1862.  He  dit-d 
at  home  in  1863.  from  a  wound  received  while  in  the  war. 


May  4th. 


276 


THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 


OBIDA  M.  JARETT 
Obida  M.  Jarrett  was 
born  August  4,  1844  and 
was  reared  on  a  farm. 
Received  a  very  limited 
education.  Enlisted  in 
Company  K,  46th  Regi- 
ment March  20,  1862,  at 
the  age  of  17  years.  He 
served  with  his  com- 
mand in  many  haid 
fought  battles  and  en- 
dured many  hardships. 
At  the  close  of  the  war 
he  came  home  and  serv- 
ed an  apprentiieship  at 
the  carpenter  trade  with 
his  father.  On  Decem- 
ber 9,  1869,  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Jane  C. 
Hawn.  He  was  devot- 
ed to  his  family,  which 
consisted  of  five  daugh- 
ters. He  died  on  April 
9,  1903.  He  was  a  great 
sufferer  in  his  last  years, 
caused  by  exposure  in  the  war,  he  having  marched  through  the  ice 
and  snow  barefooted  in  some  of  the  Virginia  campaigns.  He  was  a 
gallant  soldier,  and  above  all,  a  faithful  Christian,  a  devoted  husband 
and  father.     Peace  to  his  ashes. 

Killian,  Samuel,  enlisted  March  13th,  1862.  He  was  wounded 
at  the  Battle  of  the  Wilderness    (See  sketch). 

Kistler,  J.  L.,  enhsted  March  20th,  1862.  He  was  wounded 
at  Sharpsburg.    He  is  now  dead. 

Keever,  Alexander  L.,  enlisted  March  20th,  1862.  He  died 
since  the  war. 

Link,  John  C,  enlisted  March  13th,  1862.    He  is  still  living. 

Link,  Andrew,  enlisted  October  1st,  1862.  He  died  since  the 
war. 

Leonard,  Robert  H.,  enlisted  March  13th,  1862.  He  was 
killed  at  Bristow  Statiou. 

Miller,  John,  enlisted  March  20th,  1862.  He  was  wounded  at 
Fredericksburg.    He  died  during  the  war. 

Miller,  Jesse  R.,  enlisted  March  13th,  1862.  He  died  Noveni- 
l»er  10th,  1862  at  Richmond,  Va. 


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277 


SAMUEL  E.  KILLIAN 

Samuel  E.  Killian  was 
br>rn  September  9,  1843, 
and  enlisted  March  13, 
1862,  in  Company  K, 
46th  N.  C.  Regiment. 
He  was  in  the  first 
Fredricksburg  battle, 
and  many  other  noted 
battles,  and  was  wound- 
ed at  the  Wilderness 
fight.  April  5,  1864;  and 
afterwards  served  as 
Sergeant  in  the  Divis- 
ion Commissary  until 
the  end  of  the  war. 

He  was  in  Lee's  sur 
render   at    Appomattox 

Court  House. 

Since  the  war,  he  fol- 
lowed farming;  later 
merchandising;  and  has 
served  as  a  Magistrate 
for  thirty  years;  Notary 
Public  for  ten  years, 
and  filled  many  other 
places  of  honor. 

He  is  a  friend  to  the  old  soldier,  and  is  consulted  by  many  persons 
for  advice;  is  a  peace-maker,  a  Christian  and  a  law  abiding  citizen. 

He  is  a  school-mate  and  life  long  friend  of  the  author.  "Sam" 
Killian.  as  we  know  him,  has  served  his  country  well  in  peace  and  war. 
He  is  a  model  man  in  his  life. 

He  published  a  valuable  pamphlet  on  Points  of  Law,  which  has  a 
wide  circulation.  He  has  been,  and  is  an  honor  to  his  county  and  ^tate. 
He  is  endowed  with  more  than  ordinary  talent. 

"Mind  is  the  Master- power  that  moulds  and  makes. 

And  Man  is  Mind,  and  evermore  he  takes. 
The  tool  of  Thought,  and,  shaping  what  he  wills, 

Brings  forth  a  thousand  joys,  a  thousand  ills: — 
He  thinks  in  secret,  and  it  comes  to  pass: 

Environment  is  but  his  looking-glass. 

McNeill,  James  F.,  enlisted  March  L3th,  1802.  He  was  killed 
at  Fredericksburg^,  Deceml)er,   1862. 

Martin,  Marion,  enlisted  March  13th,  1862.  H(>  died  at  Peters- 
))urg,  August  lOth,  1862. 

Moore,  WiUiani.  enlisted  March  13th,  1862.  He  was  trans- 
ferred June  8th,  1862  to  12th  Regiment.     He  is  now  dead. 


278 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Moore,  Martin,  enlisted  :\Iarch  13th,  1862.    He  was  killed  at 
Fredericksburg,  December  16th,   1862. 

Moiiser,  William  H.,  enlisted  :\Iarch  13th,  1862    (See  sketch). 


WILLIAM  H.MOUSER 

William  H.  Mouser,  a 
Private  in  Company  K. 
46th  Reg^iment,  passed 
through  the  war,  having 
discharged  his  duties 
faithfully.  He  was  en- 
gaged in  many  battles, 
and,  in  all,  escaped 
Scott  free. 

After  his  return,  he 
spent  his  life  in  farming, 
at  which  he  made  good. 
He  served  his  County 
for  a  time  as  Justice  of 
the  Peace.  He  is  as 
hale,  and  hearty  a 
gentlemen  as  may  be 
seen  at  this  stage  of 
life. 


Norwood,  Robert  M.,  enhsted  March  13th,  1862.     He  was 
promoted  Corporal.    He  is  still  living. 

Poovey,  Silas  B.,  enlisted  :\Iarch  14th,  1862,     He  died  after 
the  war. 

Parker,  Charles,  enhsted  ]March  13th,  1862.    He  is  still    living. 

Parker,  John,  enhsted  ^March  13th,  1862.   He  was  wounded    at 
Fredericksburg,  and  is  now  dead. 

Propst,  William,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  died  since 
the  war,  in  Haywood  County,  N.  C. 

Parker,  Samuel,  enlisted  March  13,  *62;  he  received  a 
wound  from  which  he  died,  January  15,  '63. 

Propst,  John,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  died  at  home  on 
April  7,  '63. 


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Perkins,  Henry,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  died  at 
Petersburg,  December  14,  '62. 

Robinson,  H.  H.,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  is  still  living. 

Rink,  C.  R.,  enlisted  March  20,  '62;  he  was  discharged 
March  17,  '63,  on  account  of  wound  received  at  Sharpsburg. 
(See  sketch.) 


C.  R.  RINCK 

C.  R.  Rinck,  a  mem- 
ber of  Co.  K.  46  North 
Carolina  Regfiment,  en- 
listed March  20th,   1862. 

He  was  wounded  at 
Sharpsburg  and  was  dis- 
charged March  7th, 
1863.  He  died  at  the 
age  of  fifty-two. 

He  was  a  quiet,  peace- 
able man,  who,  by  in- 
dustry and  economy, 
made  a  good  living  on 
his  own  farm. 

"Better  is  the  poor  in 
his  integrity,  than  he 
that  is  perverse  in  his 
lips  and  is  a  fool." 


Rhinehardt,  William  A.,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  died 
at  Petersburg,  August  19,  '62. 

Reep,  Adam,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  was  wounded  at 
Predericksburg ;  he  died  in  the  West. 

Smyre,  Cicero  M.,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  died  Oc- 
tober 8,  '62  at  Winchester. 

Smyre,  Robert  A.,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  died  since 
the  war. 

Smyre,  John  R.,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  was  discharg- 
ed at  Goldsboro,  May  28,  '62;  he  is  now  dead. 


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THE   CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Rowe,  A.  H.,  enlisted  March  13,  '62.     (See  sketch.) 

ALONZO  HARTMAN 
ROWE 

Alonzo  Hartman  Rowe 
was  born  in  Iredell 
county,  N.  C. ,  April  30, 
18M9,  and  was  reared  in 
Catawba  county  near 
Newton.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  common 
schools  of  his  native 
state.  He  began  life  as 
a  carpenter.  He  went 
to  South  Carolina  and 
Florida,  where  he  fol- 
lowed his  trade. 

In  1860  he  went  to 
Louisiana,  where  he 
volunteered  in  the  Con- 
federate service,  joining 
Cc.  1, 3d  Louisiana Volun  - 
teers.  In  the  battle  of 
Pea  Ridge  he  was  wound- 
ed in  the  right  hip,  and 
fell  into  the  hands  of 
the  enemy;  but,  after  a 
few  days,  escaped  and 
inade  his  way  to  the  hospital  at  Little  Rock.  Later,  was  honorably 
discharged  from  the  service  on  account  of  his  wounds. 

He  afterwards  re-enlisted  in  Company  K,  46th  Volunteer  Infantry. 
He  was  in  some  of  the  most  important  engagements  of  the  war.  He 
served  faithfully  until  the  surrender.  In  1869  he  went  to  Texas  and 
settled  in  Jefferson,  Marion  county,  where  he  engaged  in  business.  He 
went  to  Ennis,  Ellis  county,  Texas,  in  1875,  and  engaged  in  cotton 
ginning.  He  ginned  perhaps  more  cotton  than  any  other  man  in  Ellis 
county;  and  always  maintained  the  fullest  confidence  of    his    customers. 

He  was  a  successful  business  man  and  accumulated  good  property. 
He  was  married  in  1869  to  Miss  Sarah  G.  Deal,  of  Lenoir,  N.  C.  To 
this  union  were  born  ten  children.  His  wife  and  seven  childi'en  survive. 
He  was  a  devoted  Christian  gentleman,  a  member  of  the  Cumberland 
Presbyterian  Church,  in  which  he  was  a  ruling  elder.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Camp  James  Longstreet,  U.  C.  V.  He  died  at  his  home.  No. 
304  W.  Knox  St.,  Ennis  Texas,  Wednesday  evening.  July  10,  1901. 

"The  steps  of  a  good  man  are  ordered  by  the  Lord;  and  He  delight- 
eth  in  his  way." 


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281 


Seitz,  John  Q.,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  died  since  the 


war. 

Setzer,  Calvin,  enlisted  March  13,  '62 ;  he  is  still  living. 

R.  C.  SETZER 

I  entei'ed  the  service 
at  the  age  of  seventeen 
years  in  Company  K, 
46th  N.  C.  Regiment  in 
the  fall  of  1864.  I  found 
the  Company  at  or  near 
Petersburg,  Va.  I  was 
in  several  engagements, 
and  on  the25th  of  March 
(the  same  day  Lee  made 
his  raid  at  Petersburg) 
was  captured  on  the 
picket  line  with  Mark 
Boyd,  Mark  and  Lank 
Poovey,  all  being  in  a 
rifle  pit.  We  wert 
taken  to  City  Point: 
from  there  to  Washing 
ton  City;  then  to  Point 
Lookout.  We  remained 
there  until  the  surrender 
and  fared  reasonably 
well.  On  the  14th  of 
May  we  were  sent  to 
our  homes,  making  our 
way  as  best  we  could.  We  found  destitution  here.  No  shoes  or  cloth- 
ing; rations  were  scarce,  but  we  were  grateful  that  we  were  at  home. 
I  took  hold  of  the  dilemma,  and  during  the  summer  made  enough  of 
provisions  for  the  next  year;  all  I  lacked  was  money.  Time  passed;  and 
finally  I  married  and  continued  to  acquire  little  by  little,  and  today  I  am 
at  ease,  surrounded  with  plenty— a  jolly,  active  citizen. 

Setzer,  D.  A.  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  was  killed  at 
Fredericksburg,  December  13,  62. 

Setzer,  W.  S..  enlisted  March  13.  '62;  he  was  wounded 
at  Sharpsburg;  he  died  in  1908. 

Shuford,  M.  C,  enlisted  March  13,  '62 ;  he  was  promoted 
Corporal ;  he  died  September  8,  '62. 

Summit,  Pinkney,  enlisted  March  13,  "62;  he  died  at 
Petersburg,  July  4,  '62. 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


WILBUKN       SETZER 

Wilburn  Setzer  enlist- 
ed in  Co.  K.  46  Regi- 
ment March  27,  1862. 
He  made  good  during 
his  term  of  service.  He 
was  wounded  several 
times  during  the  w&r. 
After  his  return  home, 
he  tilled  the  soil,  and  is 
one  of  Catawba's  good 
farmers.     Still  living. 


Summit,  Isaac  L.,  enlisted  March  13,  '62 ;  he  was  pro- 
moted Corporal ;  he  died  during  the  war. 

Sherrill,  Robert,  enlisted  March  13,  '62 ;  he  died  since 
the  war, 

Sherrill,  Henry,  enlisted  March  13,  '62 ;  he  died  at  Win- 
chester in  '63. 

Sherrill,  Christopher,  enlisted  March  13,  '62 ;  we  have  no 
further  account  of  him. 

Smith,  Isaac,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  died  at  Martins- 
burg  in  '63. 

Sigmon,  Lafayette,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  was  killed 
at  the  Wilderness  battle. 

Sigmon,  Reuben,  enlisted  March  13,  '62 ;  he  was  killed  at 
Sharpsburg,  September,  '62. 

Scronce,  Joseph,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  was  wounded 
at  Sharpsburg;  he  died  at  Orange  Court  House. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  283 

Settlemyre,  Adolphus,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  was 
killed  at  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness. 

Setzer,  Daniel,  enlisted  March  13,  '62 ;  he  died  quite  r;- 
cently. 

Smyre,  Walter  G.,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  died  sinc.^ 
the  war. 

Sigmon,  Loirs,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  died  but  re- 
cently.    (See  photo  and  sketch.) 


LEWIS    SIGMON 

Lewis  Sigmon  enlist- 
ed in  Co.  K.,  46th  Regi- 
ment March  13th,  1862. 
He  was  another  faith- 
ful soldier  of  the  war, 
and  came  out  of  the 
war  sound  bodied.  He 
was  a  successful  farmer, 
and  was  never  known  to 
have  about  him  poor 
stock  of  any  kind,  es- 
pecially horses.  "The 
righteous  man  regard- 
eth  the  life  of  his 
beasts,  but  the  tender 
mercies  of  the  wicked 
are  cruel." 


Tucker,  Geo.,  enlisted  March  20,  '62 ;  he  was  wounded  at 
both  Fredericksburg  and  McPhernell,  S.  C. ;  he  is  still  living 

Thornburg,  L.  L.,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  died  since 
the  war. 

Travis,  Levi,  enlisted  March  13,  '62 ;  he  was  wounded 
at  Fredericksburg ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Whitener,  Leander,  enlisted  September  25,  '62;  he  is  now 
dead. 


284  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

Whitener,  Miles  M.,  enlisted  March  16,  '63. 

Whitener,  Geo.  L.,  enlisted  March  16,  '63. 

Whitener,  William  D.,  enlisted  March  13,  '62. 

Wilson,  David,  enlisted  March  20,  '62;  he  was  killed  at 
Bristow. 

Wilson,  Geo.,  enlisted  March  20,  '63;  he  was  wounded 
at  Fredericksburg-;  he  is  still  living. 

Wilson,  James  L.,  enlisted  March  13,  '62 ;  he  was  wound- 
ed at  Fredericksburg;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Watts,  John,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  died  at  Jordan's 
Springs,  Va.,  October  2,  '62. 

Witherspoon,  A.  H.,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  died  Oc- 
tober 5,  '62  at  Richmond. 

Workman,  H.  J.  K.,  enlisted  March  13,  '62 ;  he  was 
wounded  at  Fredericksburg;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Weaver,  Henry,  enlisted  March  13,  '62 ;  he  is  now  dead. 

Weaver,  Frederick,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  has  been 
dead  for  some  years. 

Walker,  Elisha,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  died  at  his 
home  on  March  9,  '63. 

Whitener,  Logan  G.,  enlisted  March  13,  '62 ;  he  died  since 
the  war. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  285 

HISTORY   OF   COMPANY   I.,   FORTY-NINTH   NORTH 
CAROLINA  REGIMENT. 

In  reminiscent  mood,  we  undertake  the  incumbent  duty 
of  giving  to  our  friends  and  posterity  a  brief  history  and 
I'ecord  of  each  member  of  Company  I.,  49th  North  Carolina 
Regiment.  It  is  both,  alternately,  a  pleasant  and  painful 
task.  When  we  think  of  the  time  back  yonder,  when  our 
bleeding  Southland  was  calling  to  her  young  manhood  to 
come  and  defend  her;  and  how  grandly  each  member  of 
Company  L,  49th  North  Carolina,  like  all  their  true  com- 
rades, barkened  to  her  call  and  dedicated  their  lives  to 
her  cause,  then  it  is  that  our  hearts  swell  with  admiration, 
and  no  duty  could  be  so  pleasant  as  to  relate  how  nobly 
they  marched  away  from  home  and  loved  ones  to  the  battle- 
fields of  Virginia,  bearing  themselves  like  true  heroes  born 
of  the  pure  and  incomparable  heroines  of  the  South.  When 
our  mind  goes  back  down  the  corridors  of  time,  and  we 
recall  how  each  member  of  Company  I.,  49th  North  Caro- 
lina Regiment,  filled  with  life's  hope  and  fidelity,  left  every- 
thing behind  him  and  bravely  turned  his  face  to  the  enemy, 
that  was  devastating  his  beloved  country,  then  it  is  that 
our  enthusiasm  arises  and  our  duty  remains  a  pleasant  one. 
But  when  we  think  of  so  many  of  those  who,  forgetting  all 
things  else,  intrepidly  marched  away  to  return  nevermore, 
then  the  meditations  of  our  heart  grow  serious  and  there 
lingers  with  us  a  pang  that  only  time  will  efface,  which 
time  shall  be  when  we  hear  their  long-hushed  voices  from 
out  the  past  calling  us  to  come  and  join  them  in  that  great 
innumerable  army  "Over  There,"  Nor  shall  the  remaining 
few  of  our  Company  have  long  to  wait  the  final  summons, 
for  we  are  fast  travelling  towards  life's  sunset,  and  one 
by  one  we  are  entering  into  the  gathering  shadows. 

Company  I.,  49th  North  Carolina  Regiment  was  organ- 
ized March  the  19th,  1862,  at  Catawba,  N.  C,  with  the 
following  officers,  viz : 

W.  W.  Chenault  was  elected  Captain.     He  was  a  brave, 


286  THE   CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

efficient  and  faithful  officer;  especially  was  he  khid  and 
■  onsiderate  to  his  men  and  proved  his  fidelity  to  the  South- 
ern Cause  by  discharging  every  obligation  required  of  him. 
He  lived  only  a  short  time  after  going  into  the  service,  but 
h's  valor  was  none  the  less  dimmed,  for  he  gave  up  his  life 
10  the  country  he  loved  so  well.  No  man  can  do  more. 
The  memory  of  him  will  be  cherished  by  the  members  of 
Company  I.  as  long  as  there  is  one  of  this  band  remaining. 
He  died  at  Petersburg,  Va.,  February,  1863. 

Jeptha  Sherrill,  elected  1st  Lieutenant,  heh:ed  to  raise  and 
')rganize  the  Company,  and  was  in  the  fi"ht  at  Malvern 
Hill.  He  disDlayed  marked  courage,  carrying  and  using 
pn  Enfield  rifle  like  a  private  soldier.  He  died  at  Peters- 
hurg,  July,  1862. 

C.  F.  Connor,  elected  2nd  Lieutenant,  was  as  brave  and 
cool  in  battle  as  ever  drew  a  sword.  He  was  always  at  his 
oost  of  duty,  ever  ready  to  lead  his  men  in  the  thickest  of 
the  fight  or  wherever  ordered  by  his  superior  officers.  He 
v/as  promoted  to  1st  Lieutenant  in  July,  186'^,  and  then  to 
(Captain  of  the  Company  in  February,  1863,  succeeding 
Captain  Chenault,  who  died,  and  remained  its  Captain  until 
"he  close  of  the  war,  after  which  he  engaged  in  agriculture. 
He  left  behind  him  a  record  both  in  war  and  private  life 
of  which  his  descendants  and  friends  can  justly  be  proud, 
one  of  a  pure  and  exemplary  character,  imuarting  to  those 
who  mingled  with  him  the  great  principles  of  brotherly 
love  and  Christian  fellowship.  He  died  on  his  farm,  in 
March,  1901.    Peace  to  his  ashes.     (See  sketch  and  photo.) 

Jacob  Sherrill,  elected  3rd  Lieutenant,  was  wounded  at 
Sharpsburg  in  1862,  which  disabled  him  from  further 
service  in  the  army.  He  resigned  his  commission  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1863.  He  died  in  January,  1911,  a  respected  and 
worthy  citizen.     (See  sketch.) 

Stephen  Witherington,  elected  Orderly  Sergeant,  was  a 
quiet  and  deliberate  soldier.  He  resigned  and  was  elected 
3rd  Liutenant.  He  was  badly  wounded  at  the  storming  of 
Fort  Steadman,  called  by  the  Confederates  "Fort  Hell." 
He  is  now  living  in  Tennessee. 


OF  THE  CIVIL   WAR 


287 


CHAS.  F.  CONNOR 
Lieutenant  Charles  F. 
Connor,  son  of  the  Hon. 
Henry  W.  Connor  and 
Lucy  Hawkins  Connor 
(a  daughter  of  Governor 
Hawkins,)  was  born  at 
•'Greenwood,"  near  the 
Sherrill  Ford  in  Cataw- 
ba County,  in  1840.  His 
father,  H.  W.  Connor, 
served  as  major  in  the 
War  of  1812,  and  was  a 
member  of  Congress 
•for  twenty  years.  He, 
Charles  F.  Connor,  vol- 
unteered in  the  North 
Carolina  Cavalry  in  1862 
and  was  elected  2nd 
Lieutenant.  He  served 
with  his  command  along 
the  Roanoke  river  in 
North  Carolina  and  Vir- 
ginia— a  very  important 
line  between  the  two 
armies— but  when  the 
end  came    he     was     at 

home.  A  very  sad  thing  occurred  in  connection  with  young  Connor. 
Just  as  the  war  was  closing  in  1865,  he  went  to  Newton  to  have  a  set- 
tlement with  Mr.  Moses,  a  Jew  living  there  at  the  time.  While  there 
the  Federal  troops  came  into  Newton,  and  Connor  and  many  others  fled 
to  keep  from  being  captured,  and  poor  Connor  was  shot  at  long  range 
and  killed.  He  was  a  fine  man  and  but  few,  if  any  enemies.  He  left  a 
widow  and  three  children,  namely,  T.  Frank  Connor,  doing  a  large  busi- 
ness at  Terrell  in  Catawba  County,  and  Etta,  who  married  the  Rev. 
W.  L.  Sherrill,  now  living  in  Charlotte.  The  baby,  Charlie  Emma, 
married  Dr.  W  B.  Ramsay  of  Hickory.  She  died  some  years  ago  and 
is  survived  by  Dr.  Charles  Ramsay  and  Mrs.  Nina  Hall  and  their  father 
Dr.  W.  B.  Ramsay. 

J.  W.  Sigman  was  elected  3rd  Sergeant.  He  was  a  brave, 
good  soldier,  one  in  whom  his  superior  officer  could  place 
implicit  confidence.  He  possessed  a  lovely  disposition, 
which  is  characteristic  of  him  in  his  old  days.  He  was 
wounded  at  Petersburg.  He  is  still  living  and  is  one  of 
our  most  excellent  citizens,  and  will  leave  his  impress  upon 
chose  around  him  of  a  beautiful  and  well-spent  life,  which 


288 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


like  the  waves  created  by  a  pebble  thrown  into  the  sea, 
grow  larger  and  larger  long  after  the  pebble  has  sunk,  so 
will  the  influence  of  his  life  expand  more  and  more  long 
after  he  has  entered  into  rest.     (See  sketch  and  photo.) 

J.  W.  SIGMON 

J.  W.  Sigmon  enlisted 
in  Company  I,  49th 
Regiment  on  March  19, 
1862,  and  was  elected 
5th  Sergt.,  later  promot- 
ed 4th  Sergt.  He  serv- 
ed faithfully  during  the 
war,  and  on  his  return 
engaged  in  farming, 
making  a  good  and  hon- 
est living. 

One  thing  must  be 
said  of  him— he  lived  a 
goodly  life,  and  was 
always  found  on  the 
right  side  of  every  moral 
issue.  The  reader  may 
see  in  the  photo  a  ripe 
subject  for  the  King- 
dom. 

"I  have  been  young 
and  now  am  old,  yet 
have  I  not  seen  the 
righteous  forsaken,  or 
his  seed  begging  bread. ' ' 


B.  F.  Moody  was  elected  4th  Sergeant.  He  had  previously 
served  in  a  South  Carolina  Regiment,  and  was  at  the  bom- 
bardment of  Fort  Sumter.  At  the  expiration  of  his  term 
he  was  honorably  discharged  and  then  joined  Company  I. 
He  was  the  first  Color  Bearer  of  the  49th  Regiment.  He 
became  sick  after  the  battle  of  Malvern  Hill  and  died  in  the 
hospital  at  Richmond,  Va. 

Freeman  Jones  was  elected  5th  Sergeant  and  filled  the 
office  faithfully  and  honorably.  He  was  captured  at  Five 
Forks,  and  carried  a  prisoner  to  Point  Lookout.  He  is 
still  living  and  is  an  upright,  exemplary  citizen. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


289 


ACOB  SHERRILL 

Jacob  Shenill  was 
born  March  27,  1832, 
and  enlisted  in  Company 
I,  49th  Regiment  April 
1st,  1862,  and  was 
wounded  at  Sharpsburg 
Sept.  17,  1862,  which 
disabled  him  for  the  rest 
of  the  war.  In  185.5  he 
was  married  to  Miss 
Harriett  Sherrill.  After 
her  death  he  was  mar- 
ried again  to  Miss  Susan 
Robinson  in  1887. 

He  was  a  good  farmer 
and  devoted  his  life  to 
that  calling.  He  died 
Jan.  27,  1911;  leaving 
six  daughters.  He  was 
a  good  man  and  will  be 
greatly  missed  in  his 
community.  "For  Me 
to  live  is  Christ,  but  to 
die  is  gain." 


Hosea  Brown  was  elected  1st    Corporal.     He    made    a 
.splendid  and  lojal  officer,  always  at  his  post  of  duty.     He 
was  killed  at  Petersburg  in  1864. 
I>eing  an  old  man,  he  died  at  home  soon  after  the  war. 

W.  T.  Long  was  elected  2nd  Corporal  and  was  promoted 
to  2nd  Sergeant.  He  filled  that  office  through  the  remainder 
of  the  war.  He  was  a  valiant  officer,  always  looking  out 
after  his  duties.  He  died  at  his  home  in  Lincoln  County, 
after  having  spent  a  life  beneficial  to  his  community. 

G.  W.  Moss  was  elected  3rd  Corporal,  which  office  he  held 
throughout  the  entire  period  of  the  war.  He  was  an  excel- 
lent soldier,  ever  ready  to  obey  all  orders  intrusted  to  him 
with  cheerfulness.  He  was  wounded  at  Sharpsburg.  He 
IS  still  living,  being  a  useful  citizen  and  helpful  to  his 
country. 


290 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


James  H.  Sherrill  was  elected  2nd  Sergeant,  and  pro- 
moted to  Orderly,  which  office  he  filled  with  honor  to  him- 
self and  gratification  to  his  Company  until  he  was  elected 
2nd  Lieutenant,  and  then  promoted  to  Captain  of  Company 
A.  of  his  Regiment,  which  office  he  filled  until  the  close  of 
the  war.  He  was  a  brave  soldier,  ever  kind  to  his  men 
and  never  shirking  any  duty  imposed  upon  him.  It  was 
with  regret  that  Company  I.  gave  h'm  up,  as  he  was  loved 


'#fe''!WI''""^'^L'i 


i'jit;i^i'«u"jyi 


hy  them  all.  It  is  recorded  in  the  history  of  the  35th  North 
Carolina  Regiment  that  Captain  Sherrill,  assisted  by  Cap- 
tain Johnson,  rushed  forward  and  extricated  Gen.  M.  W. 
Ransom  from  a  perilous  situation  when  his  horse  had  fallen 
on  him  at  the  battle  of  Five  Forks.  He  was  at  the  sur- 
render at  Appomattox.  He  is  still  living  and  engaged  in 
agriculture.  He  is  as  good  citizen  as  he  was  a  soldier,  ever 
ready  to  help  those  in  distress,  more  ready  to  give  than 
receive.     (See  photo.) 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  291 

J.  S,  Lee  was  elected  4th  Corporal.  He  was  an  intrepid 
soldier  and  was  Color  Bearer  when  killed  at  Brewery's 
Bluff  in  May,  1864.  Thus  another  one  of  the  many  from 
our  number  spilled  his  blood  upon  the  battlefield  for  our 
common  cause. 

PRIVATES. 

Abernethy,  Milton,  was  promoted  to  Corporal  and  then 
to  Sergeant.  He  was  a  courageous  soldier,  doing  his  duty 
without  a  murmur.  He  is  still  living.  He  was  captured  at 
Five  Forks  and  carried  to  Pomt  Lookout  as  a  prisoner. 
His  record  as  a  soldier  is  excelled  by  none. 

Bumgarner,  Monroe,  was  wounded  at  Malvern  Hill.  He 
served  throughout  the  war,  leaving  an  excellent  record  to 
redound  to  his  credit  as  a  soldier.     He  died  at  home. 

Brown,  Thompson,  was  killed  at  Brewery's  Bluff  the 
"16th  of  May,  1864.  He  served  his  country  under  very 
great  difficulties,  being  hampered  with  a  physical  defect 
which  caused  blindness  at  night. 

Brown,  Jacob,  served  through  the  war.  He  was  captured 
at  Brewery's  Bluff  May  16th,  1864,  but  was  exchanged  and 
I'ejoined  the  Regiment  and  was  captured  again  at  Five 
Forks.     He  is  now  dead. 

Brown,  William,  was  an  enthusiastic  though  obedient 
soldier.  He  was  captured  the  25th  of  March,  1865,  and  car- 
ried a  prisoner  to  Point  Lookout.    He  came  home  and  died. 

Benfield,  W.  P.,  known  as  "I  Cott,"  being  a  dutchman, 
Avas  unexcelled  as  a  soldier.  A  better  one  never  carried  a 
musket.  He  went  into  the  battle  at  Fredericksburg  bare- 
footed through  the  snow.  He  was  captured  at  Five  Forks, 
and  taken  a  prisoner  to  Point  Lookout,  and  came  home. 
He  is  now  dead. 

Brady,  George,  was  a  good  m.an  and  a  splendid  soldier, 
t'ver  at  his  post  of  duty  without  murmuring.  He  was  cap- 
tured at  Fort  Steadman.  He  came  home  and  died,  mourned 
as  an  excellent  citizen. 

Brady,  John,  was  a  kind-hearted  soldier,  eager  to  per- 
form every  detail  of  his  duty  in  a  manner  becoming  one 
who  wore  the  gray.  He  was  captured  at  Fort  Steadman, 
laken  to  Point  Lookout.    He  died  at  home. 


292 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Brown.  A.  E..  was  a  Musician,  later  promoted  to  Orderly 
>er§reant.  finally  being  promoted  to  Lieutenant.  He  was 
recognized  as  one  of  the  best  soldiers  of  the  Cgmpany.  al- 
ways cheerful  and  well  disposed,  and  constantly  vigilant  as 
to  the  interests  of  his  men.  He  was  ever  ready  to  lead  them 
in  combat,  and  would  go  where  any  other  soldier  dared  to 
iTO.  He  was  captured  at  Foit  Steadman  the  25th  of  March, 
1865.  and  carried  a  prisoner  to  Point  Lookout.  He  came 
home  from  prison  and  is  still  li\-ing.  He  is  \'alued  as  one 
of  the  best  citizens  of  the  county.     ( See  photo.) 


LIEinTENAXT    A 
BROWN 


E. 


Lieut.  A  E.  Brow:: 
enlisted  in  Company  L 
-49ch  Regiment,  and  dur- 
i:ig:  the  si^re  of  Peters - 
burgr.  he  had  a  most 
wonderful  esca]>e  froi:: 
death,  his  life  beinc 
slaved  by  a  Bible  whicr. 
he  had  in  his  pocket.  .A. 
ball  struck  the  lowe: 
comer  of  the  book  a : 
exactly  the  iirst  chapter 
of  Xehemiah.  breaking-. 
at  the  same  time,  50  !«.' 
75  pasres  more.  At  the 
point  reached  by  the 
balL  and  immediately 
under  it  were  the  worvis : 
'Stand  ye  fast,  ar.o 
prepare!" 


Blakely.  William  L..  served  throughout  the  entire  period 
of  the  war.  He  was  captured  at  Fort  Steadman  and  taken 
io  Point  Lookout.  He  was  a  ver>-  good  soldier.  He  died 
at  home  after  having  served  his  country-  justly  in  peace  as 
well  as  in  war. 

Bandy.  Quin.  was  a  very  old  man.  He  was  with  us  only 
•  little  while.     He  came  home  and  soon  died. 


OF   THE   CIVIL   WAR 


293 


Brotherton,  Hugh,  first  served  with  Mallett's  Battalion 
until  it  was  disbanded,  then  he  joined  the  49th  Regiment. 
Kis  every  act  as  a  soldier  was  marked  with  valor.  He  was 
^o  badly  wounded  at  Fort  Steadman  that  he  was  captured 
at  the  hospital  at  Petersburg,  and  then  was  taken  to  New- 
y.ort  News.  He  came  home  and  died  in  1905.  He  was  one 
ot  those  men  whose  lives  brighten  the  pathway  of  mankind 
and  leave  a  lustre  that  time  cannot  corrode. 


HUGH  BROTHERTON 

Hugh  Brotherton  was 
born  March  12,  1829.  He 
enlisted  in  Company  I, 
49th  Regiment,  and  was 
wounded  in  the  leg  short- 
ly afterward,  which 
caused  him  great  suffer- 
ing until  his  death.  It 
was  a  great  delight  to 
him  to  have  his  friends 
visit  him,  and  especially 
did  he  enjoy  those  visits 
to  the  Reunion,  where 
he  could  hear  his  old 
comrades  talk  of  gone- 
by  days.  He  died  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1904,  being  74 
years  11  months  and  1 
day  old. 


Blakely,  James  M.,  bore  a  most  satisfactory  record  as  a 
man  and  soldier.  There  was  no  necessity  to  urge  him  to 
J) is  duties,  for  he  was  always  there  doing  what  he  conceived 
to  be  right.    He.  died  at  Richmond  in  the  year  1863. 

Brawley,  Peter,  was  with  us  but  a  short  time  when  he 
was  transferred  to  the  18th  North  Carolina  Regiment. 
While  with  us  though,  he  evinced  a  desire  to  do  well  his 
part,  which  his  record  sustains. 

Caldwell,  Abel,  was  a  remarkable  soldier,  always  cheer- 


294 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


ful  and  ever  ready  for  a  chance  to  strike  the  enemy.  He 
was  wounded  at  Drewry's  Bluff.  He  was  taken  prisoner 
at  Fort  Steadman,  Came  home  and  is  still  living.  He  is 
one  of  the  country's  most  sturdy  and  respected  sons. 

Connor,  Augustus,  enlisted  in  the  6th  North  Carolina 
llegiment,  but  was  transferred  to  Company  I.  during  Oc- 
tober, 1862,  and  was  promoted  to  Lieutenant,  which  office 
he  retained  to  the  end  of  the  war.  Like  his  brother,  Cap- 
tain Connor,  he  was  a  cool  and  courageous  officer,  and  was 
loved  by  all  his  men.  He  was  often  on  the  picket  line,  his 
;^uperiors  having  the  utmost  faith  in  his  ability  to  execute 
all  orders.  No  man  has  a  better  record  as  a  soldier  and 
i-itizen  tha  Gus  Connor.  He  is  still  living,  possessing  hosts 
of  friends  and  no  enemies. 


C.  A.  CONNOR 

C.  A.  Connor  enlisted 
in  the  8th  Regiment  on 
March  28,  1861,  and  was 
transferred  to  Company 
I,  49th  Regiment  on 
October  6,  1862.  He  was 
promoted  2nd  Lieut,  on 
March  16,  1863.  He 
survived  the  war,  and 
today  is  an  honorable 
citizen  and  worthy  man. 


Caldwell,  James,  Jr.,  was  a  teamster  during  the  war.    He 
came  home  and  is  now  living  in  Caldwell  County. 

Caldwell,  William  J.,  was  a  fearless  soldier  and  always 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  295 

ready  for  action.  He  was  promoted  to  Sergeant.  He  was 
captured  at  Fort  Steadman  and  carried  a  prisoner  to  Point 
Lookout.  He  came  home  and  was  the  father  of  sixteen 
( hildren.  He  is  now  dead,  having  rounded  out  a  well-spent 
life  as  a  model  citizen. 

Caldwell,  Lawson,  took  sick  after  the  Seven  Days  battle, 
in  which  engagement  he  served  valorously.  He  died  in  the 
Brigade  hospital  near  Brewery's  Bluff. 

Caldwell,  James,  Sr.,  was  with  us  but  a  very  short  while 

Clark,  David,  was  a  true  soldier.  He  survived  the  war. 
oame  home  and  is  still  living,  a  useful  man  in  his  com- 
munity. 

Collins,  Henry,  was  a  brilliant  soldier,  always  offering 
lijs  services  freely  when  a  call  for  volunteers  was  an- 
nounced. When  out  on  videt,  he  picked  up  a  shell  that 
was  thrown  into  his  rifle  pit  and  threw  it  back  over  to  the 
other  side  before  it  bursted.  He  was  wounded  at  Peters- 
burg June  22nd,  1864,  and  died  the  next  day. 

Collins,  James  P.,  was  a  daring  soldier.  He  was  wound- 
ed at  Drewery's  Bluff  and  at  the  Yellow  House.  He  was  a 
sharp-shooter  when  captured  at  Five  Forks.  He  survived 
the  war,  came  home  and  went  West.  He  now  lives  in  Ok- 
lahoma. 

Davis,  James,  was  know  as  "Ash  Cat,"  but  he  was  ever 
iiue  to  his  colors.  He  went  through  the  entire  war,  came 
},ome  and  is  now  living  in  South  Carolina. 

Davis,  Andrew,  died  in  some  hospital.  He  was  a  very 
good  soldier.  Like  all  true  soldiers,  he  died  upon  the  altar 
o/  his  country  in  sacrifice  for  her. 

Day,  William,  was  a  dignified  and  illustrious  soldier,  ever 
having  his  mouth  black  from  biting  off  cartridges.  He 
drew  more  cartridges  than  any  other  man  in  the  Company, 
lie  was  daring  in  executing  orders.  Often  he  was  a  sharp- 
shooter, and  just  before  the  surrender  he  and  a  Yankee 
took  it  shot  about  for  seven  rounds,  the  Yankee  having  a 
Repeating  rifle  and  he  an  Enfield  rifle.  He  is  recognized 
as  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  the  country,  and  has  filled 
the  important  office  of  County  Treasurer  for  four  years  to 
the  satisfaction  of  all.     He  is  the  only  private  in  North 


296 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Carolina  that  has  written  a  history  of  his  Company,  oT 
which  they  are  justly  proud.  He  is  still  living  and  is  en- 
■jaged  in  his  trade  as  a -blacksmith.  He  is  a  man  with  a 
Vreat  big  heart,  which  vrbrates  with  love  for  all  his  com- 
rades. 

Drum,  Phillip,  was  known  as  "Dry  Fip."  He  bears  the 
excellent  record  of  never  having  missed  a  march  and  was 
in  every  engagement  the  Company  participated  in.  A  bst- 
ter  soldier  never  carried  a  gun.     He  surrendered  at  Ap- 


pomattox and  then  came  home,  and  is  now  living.  He  is 
cV  noble  citizen.  What  grander  tribute  could  any  soldier 
have  than  to  have  it  recorded  of  him  that  he  never  missed 
a  march  nor  engagement?  His  private  life  is  as  perfect 
as  his  war  record.     (3ee  photo.)  '      '^-      15  '. 

Drum,  John,  was  in  the  service  but  a  very  short  ^vhile, 
l»ut  he  did  his  duty  nobly.  He  was  killed  at  Bootte's  Mill 
soon  after  .fbrhing  the  army.  .    .   ..    .!^.-    •  • 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


297,. 


Drum,  Thomas,  was  another  courageous  soldier  of  whom,^ 
100  much  cannot  be  said.  He  was  wounded  at  Malvern 
Hill,  and  while  he  was  disabled  for  further  duty,  he  was 
never  discharged.  At  the  battle  of  P^^tersburg  on  June 
18,  1864,  he  brought  in  the  Company  rations.  While  thsre 
th.e  enemy  advanced  and  he  did  as  noble  service  as  any 
man  on  the  line.  He  is  still  living  and  is  a  grand  old  man. 
(See  sketch  and  photo.) 

THOMAS  F.  DRUM 

Thomas  F.  Drum  en- 
listed in  Company  I  on 
April  1st,  1862,  and 
joined  the  49th  Regiment 
at  Raleigh,  and  went 
from  there  to  Goldsboro. 
After  drilling  at  Golds- 
boro for  sometime  he 
went  with  his  Company, 
which  formed  a  part  of 
the  49th  N.  C.  Regi- 
ment, to  Petersburg, 
and  went  into  camp  at 
Dunn's      Hill.  After 

leaving  there  he  went  to 
Richmond,  arriving  just 
after  the  battle  of  Seven 
Pines,  but  in  time  to 
take  part  in  the  Seven 
Day's  Fight  around 
Richmond. 

On  July  1st  he  was  in 
the  thickest  of  the  fight 
at  Malvern  Hill,  Where 
he  received  a  severe 
wound    in     the     thigh. 

After  being  wounded  he  lay  all  night  on  the  battlefield  in  the  hardest 
kind  of  rain.  He  was  then  taken  to  a  horse  stall,  in  which  he  lay  two 
days,  after  which  he  was  moved  to  Richmond  and  placed  in  the  hospital. 
After  remaining  there  about  a  month  he  was  given  a  furlough  and  sent 
home.  After  being  at  home  a  considerable  time  he  returned  to  his 
Company  at  Weldon,  N.  C,,  and  remaii  ed  w.th  it  until  the  close  of  the 
war.    ' 

Owing  to  the  fact  that  his  wound  resulted  in  a  stiff  knee  for  many 
weeks,  he  was  detailed,  part  of  the  time  as  cook  for  his  Company; 
but,  notwithstanding  his  lameness,  he  took  part  in  several   hard    fought 


298  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

en^jaments.       He    was    near    the  famous  "Blow-up"  at  Petersburg,  and 
was  on  the  spot  in  a  few  mmutes  after  it  occurred. 

From  Petersburg  he  went  to  Appomattox,  and  was  present  at  the 
surrender,  at  which  place  he  received  an  honorable  discharge,  and  re- 
turned home  to  his  native  county.  Thomas  is  still  alive  and  in  good 
health  for  a  man  of  his  age— 82. 

Banner,  Monroe,  was  a  superb  soldier.  He  gave  his  life 
lor  the  cause,  being  killed  at  Petersburg.  His  comrades  all 
mourned  his  death.  He  was  an  even-tempered  man,  and 
no  man  stood  any  higher  in  the  estimation  of  the  officers 
and  men. 

Banner,  John,  was  a  magnificent  soldier.  He  answered 
every  call  made  upon  him  without  a  murmur.  Like  his 
orother,  he  was  even-tempered  and  always  in  good  spirits. 
He  was  wounded  at  the  Yellow  House  and  was  captured  at 
Fort  Steadman,  then  taken  to  prisor*  at  Point  Lookout.  He 
came  home  and  is  now  one  of  our  most  substantial  and  un- 
assuming citizens,  liked  by  everyone. 

Brum,  Peter  Monroe,  was  an  old  man,  but  was  an  excel- 
lent soldier.  The  Yankees  ran  over  him  twice,  but  he  got 
away  from  them  each  time.  Up  until  a  month  or  two  ago 
he  was  the  oldest  man  of  the  Company  living,  but  has  since 
died. 

Brum,  Rufus,  was  an  old  man,  but  valiantly  did  his  duty 
as  a  soldier.     He  died  at  home. 

Bouglass,  Elam,  was  with  us  but  a  short  time  also,  being 
transferred  to  the  6th  North  Carolina  Regiment. 

Elliott,  John,  was  known  as  "Long  John,"  and  always 
:stood  at  the  head  of  his  Company.  He  was  captured  at  the 
battle  of  Five  Forks,  taken  as  a  prisoner  to  Point  Lookout, 
and  came  home.    He  is  still  living. 

Eller,  Alexander,  was  with  us  but  a  little  while.  He  was 
nt  the  engagement  at  Malvern  Hill,  and  died  at  Brigade 
Hospital,  at  Brewery's  Bluff. 

Edwards,  Abel,  died  at  Raleigh  soon  after  enlisting. 

Edwards,  Simon,  died  at  Raleigh  soon  after  enlisting. 
Had  he  lived  to  enter  active  engagement,  he  would  have 
done  his  part  well. 

Fisher,  Reuben,  was  killed  at  Malvern  Hill. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


299 


W.   H.   ELLIS 

W.  H.  Ellis  enlisted 
late  in  the  war  in  Com- 
pany I.  49th  Regiment. 
On  his  return  he  engag- 
ed in  the  mercantile 
business  in  the  then  vil- 
lage of  Hickory.  In  this 
he  acquired  quite  a  com- 
petency, and  at  his  death 
a  few  years  ago  he  left 
a  widow  and  two  daugh- 
ters and  a  handsome 
i  it  tie  fortune. 


Fisher,  Thomas,  was  as  meek  as  a  lamb.  He  was  a  mag- 
:-!ificent  soldier.  He  served  under  physical  difficulties,  be- 
ing blind  after  dark.  He  was  captured  at  Fort  Steadman, 
carried  to  Point  Lookout  and  came  home  and  died. 

Fisher,  Joseph,  served  only  for  a  short  period.  He  was 
killed  at  Petersburg  by  a  mortar  shell  which  tore  him  all 
to  pieces. 

Fisher,  Elkanah,  was  an  excellent  soldier,  always  doing 
his  duty  cheerfully  and  uncomplainingly.  He  was  captured 
i  nd  taken  to  prison  at  Point  Lookout.  He  same  home  and 
is  still  living. 

Fisher,  William,  was  with  us  but  a  little  while.  He  was 
captured  at  Fort  Steadman,  carried  as  a  prisoner  to  Point 
Lookout,  came  home  and  is  still  living. 

Fish,  Elkanah,  was  promoted  to  Corporal.  He  was  a 
daring  and  bold  soldier,  never  swerving  from  his  duty.  He 
was  wounded  at  Petersburg,  came  home  and  was  a  good 
and  useful  citizen  until  his  death. 


300  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

Freeman,  John,  was  discharged  on  account  of  old  age. 
He  died  at  the  Soldiers'  Home, 

Fox,  Allison,  was  another  excellent  soldier.  He  was 
wounded  at  the  Crater  at  Petersburg  and  honorably  dis- 
charged.    He  died  at  home. 

Gilleland,  Reuben,  died  at  Raleigh  soon  after  enlisting. 

Gilleland,  Marcus,  was  known  as  "Stuttering  Mark." 
However,  his  impediment  of  speech  did  not  deter  him  from 
doing  his  complete  duty,  for  he  was  always  at  the  front 
until  killed  at  Fort  Steadman.  He  was  loved  by  all  his 
comrades. 

Gilleland,  Thomas,  was  with  us  only  for  a  short  time. 
He  was  captured  at  Fort  Steadman  and  taken  to  Pomt 
Lookout  as  a  prisoner  and  died. 

Gilleland,  Elbert,  was  a  recruit,  nevertheless  he  respond- 
ed nobly  to  all  his  tasks.  He  was  captured  at  Fort  Stead- 
man and  taken  io  Point  Lookout.  He  came  home  and  livv^d 
a  useful  life.     Now  he  is  dead. 

German,  John,  was  known  as  "Old  Zip."  He  waded  he 
Potomac  river  twice  after  brandy,  after  our  nriny  had  re- 
treated. He  was  as  good  soldier  as  ever  shoulderod  a  t,un. 
He  surrendered  at  Appotomax,  came  home  and  is  supposed 
to  be  dead. 

Goble,  Lawson,  was  an  old  man.  He  was  killed  at 
Petersburg, 

Goble,  Davidson,  served  with  us  only  a  limited  while  as 
he  was  a  recruit.    He  is  now  living  in  Caldwell  County. 

Goodman,  Frank,  died  at  Raleigh  soon  after  enlisting. 

Harwell,  James  T.,  was  a  dignified  yet  daring  soldier. 
He  could  always  be  found  at  his  post  of  duty,  a  cheerful 
all-round  good  fellow.  He  was  wounded  twice.  Once  bid- 
den, he  did  nobly  what  was  planned.  All  of  his  comrades 
liked  him  very  much.  He  went  through  the  war,  came 
home  and  is  now  a  good  and  useful  citizen.  He  will  be 
long  remembered  by  the  younger  generation  for  the  in- 
i^truction  they  receive']  from  him  in  the  school  room.  He 
is  now,  and  has  been,  a  magistrate  for  several  years.  He 
takes  a  lot  of  interest  in  the  history  of  his  Company.  (See 
sketch  and  photo.) 


OF   THE   CIVIL   WAR 


SOI 


JAMES  T.   HARWELL 

James  T.  Harwell  was 
born  on  the  15th  of  May 
1843.  Enlisted  as  a  Con- 
federate soldier  under 
Capt.  W.  W.  Chenault. 
Company  I,  49th  N.  C. 
Regiment,  in  March, 
1862,  and  was  in  the 
Seven  Day's  fight  below 
Richmond  in  June  of  the 
same  year.  He  was 
wounded  at  Sharpsburg, 
Md.,  and  at  Grade's 
Dam  in  front  of  Peters- 
burg; also  November  24, 
'64.  in  the  trenches. 

He  was  captured  at 
-Five  Forks  on  the  first 
day  of  April,  1865. 


Harwell,  Robert,  was  another  remarkably  good  soldier, 
lie  went  with  his  command  to  Maryland  and  was  lost  sight 
of.  He  is  evidently  dead,  as  he  was  true  to  his  colors  and 
faithful  in  duty. 

Harwell,  John,  was  one  of  the  liveliest  of  soldiers.  He 
cooked  part  of  the  time  for  the  officers  of  his  Company, 
though  always  ready  to  respond  to  any  call  and  go  wher- 
ever ordered.  He  was  wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  and  also 
.slightly  at  Fredericksburg.  He  survived  the  war,  and  died 
at  home  beloved  bv  all  his  neighbors.  While  on  picket  duty 
lie  shot  a  Yankee  out  of  an  apple  tree. 

Harwell,  Elbert,  was  a  fine  soldier,  ever  at  his  post  of 
duty  and  faithful  to  his  colors.  He  survived  the  M'ar  and 
died  at  home. 

Hamilton,  Leonidas,  was  honorably  discharged.  He  was 
afterwards  killed  in  the  32nd  North  Carolina  Regiment. 

Hager,   John,   was   Commissary   for   a   while,   and   then 


302 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


-t  rved  the  Ambulance  Corps  until  his  death  at  Weldon,  X. 
C.  in  1863.     His  record  as  a  soldier  is  unimpeachable. 

Hager.  William,  was  a  soldier  with  an  enviable  record, 
lie  was  killed  at  the  siege  of  Petersburg  in  1864. 

Hager,  Thomas,  was  another  one  who  wore  the  gray 
V-  ith  honor  to  himself  and  country.  He  died  at  home  from 
vounds  received  at  Malvern  Hill  in  1862. 

Hager,  James,  died  at  Goldsboro  in  1862  soon  after  en- 
listing. 

Hill,  Isaac,  was  detailed  at  Richmond  to  make  shoes  for 
Mie  soldiers,  and  was  captured  in  the  Stoneman  raid  on 
Richmond  and  remained  North  until  after  the  war. 

Hill,  John,  was  as  game  a  boy  as  we  had.  He  was  killed 
at  Drewry's  Bluff  in  May,  1864. 

Hunsucker.  Calvin,  was  a  good  soldier.  He  served  through 
the  war,  came  home  and  is  a  good  citizen.     (Photo.) 

CALVIN  A.  HUN- 
SUCKER 

Calvin  A.  Hunsucker 
entefed  the  army  with 
the  first  conscripts,  be- 
tween the  a^e  of  21  and 
35  years.  He  was  de- 
tailed with  the  State 
Troops  in  August.  1S62. 
The  first  battle  he  was 
in  was  atKinston.  N.C.. 
on  December  12th.  1862. 
He  remained  in  the 
State  Guards  16  months, 
and  -.vas  then  assigned 
to  Company  I.  49th  Reg- 
iment. He  was  in  the 
Petersburg  siege.  June 
16.  and  remained  there 
nine  months  to  the  day. 
The  most  important 
tight  was  that  of  the 
Crater  on  July  30,  1864. 
He  was  captured  April 
1st,  1865.  and  sent  to 
Point  Lookout,  where 
he  remainedt  wo  month? 
He  returned  home  June  20,  1865,  and  is  one  of  our  best  citizens. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


303 


Holdsclaw,  William  J.,  was  a  jolly  good  fellow  and  sol- 
dier ;  the  hea\'ier  the  duties  the  more  cheerful  he  was.  He 
served  through  the  war,  came  home  and  is  still  living.  His 
character  as  a  man  is  irreproachable,  for  he  is  well  liked 
by  everyone.  He  has  made  more  good  grain  cradles  than 
jiny  other  man  in  the  State.  In  his  old  age,  he  is  as  jovial 
and  humorous  as  he  was  when  a  young  man. 

Jones,  William,  was  another  good  soldier.  He  was  once 
wounded,  survived  the  war,  and  is  now  living  in  Lincoln 
County,  a  prosperous  and  industrious  citizen. 

Jones,  Pinckney  L.,  was  wounded  at  Malvern  Hill.  He 
possessed  a  fine  reputation  as  a  soldier  and  beautiful  dis- 
position as  a  man.     He  survived  the  war  and  died  at  home. 

Jones,  Wilson,  died  at  home  on  sick  furlough  soon  after 
entering  the  service. 

Jones,  Milton,  died  in  the  hospital  at  Petersburg  soon 
after  enlisting.     (See  sketch  and  photo.) 


MILTON  H.  JONES 

Milton  Jones  enlisted 
in  Company  I,  49th  N. 
C.  Regiment  April  1st, 
1862,  and  died  at  Peters- 
burg, Va.  June  10,  1862. 

His  war  career  was, 
indeed,  short  but.  had 
he  lived,  he  would  have 
done  much  good  for  his 
Country's  cause. 


304     ■  THE   CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

Jones,  Julius,  died  at  Goldsboro  soon  after  entering  the 
service. 

Jones,  Bedford,  was  known  as  "Kildee."  He  was  a  very 
delicate  man,  but  served  his  country  well  and  faithfully 
until  he  died  in  the  hospital  at  Gordonville. 

Jones,  Jer)tha,  known  as  "Doctor,"  was  a  spendid  soldier. 
He  survived  the  war,  came  home  and  lived  an  existence  as 
useful  to  his  neighbors  as  was  his  help  to  his  Company  in 
the  war.     He  is  now  dead. 

Jones,  Elbert,  was  a  courageous  soldier.  He,  too,  sur- 
vived the  war,  came  home  and  has  since  died,  honored  and 
respected  by  all  who  knew  him. 

Jones,  Evelin,  enlisted  late  in  the  war,  but  what  time  he 
was  there,  he  served  valorously.  He  came  home  and  today 
is  an  excellent  citizen. 

Jenkins,  William,  was  known  as  "Colonel."  In  the  whole 
of  Lee's  army,  there  was  no  braver  soldier  than  he.  He 
was  wounded  at  Malvern  Hill.  He  survived  the  war,  came 
home  and  is  still  living. 

Kale,  Ephriam,  was  discharged  on  account  of  his  age 
soon  after  entering  the  service. 

Kale,  Sidney,  was  a  good,  easy  soldier.  He  was  captured 
at  Fort  Steadman.  He  came  home  and  lived  a  quiet,  useful 
life.    He  is  now  dead. 

Kale,  Jefferson,  was  wounded  at  Petersburg  and  was 
retired  from  further  service.  He  came  home  and  moved  to 
Texas,  where  he  has  since  died, 

Kirksey,  William,  was  another  soldier  that  bore  a  repu- 
tation for  good  service.  He  survived  the  war,  came  home 
and  is  still  living. 

Kirksey,  Jackson,  was  taken  sick  at  Fredericksburg  and 
claimed  to  be  disabled  the  remainder  of  the  war. 

Keever,  Andrew,  died  at  Petersburg  soon  after  entering 
the  service. 

Lowrance,  Clinton,  was  one  of  our  men  who  could  be  re- 
lied upon  on  all  occasions.  He  was  as  brave  as  a  warrior 
could  be.  He  gave  up  his  life  to  his  country,  being  killed 
at  the  seige  at  Petersburg.  He  was  faithful  to  his  friends 
and  loved  by  his  comrades. 


OF  THE   CIVIL  WAR  305 

Lowrance,  Nelson,  possessed  traits  as  a  soldier  which 
could  be  commended  in  any  quarter.  He  carried  horse- 
shoes and  pebbles  from  the  Potomac  river  to  Wilmington, 
N.  C. ;  also  carried  the  biggest  knapsack  of  any  man  in  the 


Regiment.  He  was  always  at  his  post  of  duty.  He  sur- 
rendered at  Appomattox.  Was  wounded  at  Malvern  Hill. 
He  came  home  and  died  after  having  lived  a  life  that  was 
l^eneficial  to  his  country.     (Photo.) 

Litten,  Elijah,  was  a  magnificent  soldier.  He  died  at 
the  Brigade  Hospital  at  Brewery's  Bluff  after  the  battle 
of  Malvern  Hill. 

Litten,  Elkanah,  was  a  brave  soldier.  He  died  at  the 
Hospital  at  Gordonsville. 

Litten,  Jackson,  was  another  excellent  soldier.  He  sur- 
vived the  war,  came  home  and  died  in  Iredell  County. 

Lee,  Robert  G.,  was  a  member  of  the  Ambulance  Corps. 


306  THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 

He  gave  most  of  his  time  to  this  duty,  and  did  it  well.  He 
is  still  living  and  noted  for  raising  big  hogs.  In  every  re- 
-spect,  he  is  a  good  man. 

Lee,  Bird,  entered  the  service  late  in  the  war,  as  he  was 
an  old  man.     He  survived  the  war  and  died  at  home. 

Loftin,  Franklin,  was  a  fine,  cheerful  and  kindly  disposed 
.'^oldier.     He  was  killed  at  Drewry's  Bluff  in  1864. 

Lackey,  Theopholis,  entered  the  service  late  in  the  war, 
though  did  his  duty  well.  He  survived  the  war  and  died 
at  home. 

Marshall,  Clark,  was  a  soldier  of  the  right  material.  He 
survived  the  war  and  died  in  Alabama. 

McCoy,  James,  was  first  a  member  of  the  4th  North 
Carolina  Regiment.  He  was  wounded,  discharged,  and  aft- 
erwards joined  the  49th  Regiment.  He  was  also  a  good 
soldier.    He  came  home  and  died  recently. 

Null,  George,  was  wounded  at  Malvern  Hill  and  died  a 
prisoner  of  war  at  Fort  Delaware. 

Powell,  Tate,  was  Orderly  for  Colonel  Ramseur.  and  was 
afterwards  discharged.  He  came  back  to  the  Regiment  in 
1863,  was  wounded  at  Drewry's  Bluff  in  1864,  and  later 
transferred  to  the  Band.  He  came  home,  studied  medicine, 
and  died  in  Florida. 

Pool,  William,  was  promoted  for  bravery,  being  made 
Corporal.  In  action  he  would  go  where  any  dared  to  lead. 
He  was  captured  at  Five  Forks  and  carried  a  prisoner  to 
Point  Lookout.  He  came  home  and  is  now  living  in  Lincoln 
County,  being  one  among  her  best  citizenship. 

Pope,  Silas,  was  one  of  our  very  best  soldiers,  always 
ready  for  any  emergency  and  cheerful  under  all  circum- 
stances. The  harder  the  duties,  the  more  cheerful  he  seem- 
ed to  be,  and  when  everyone  was  worn  out  and  cross,  Silas 
would  sing  his  little  song,  "Let  it  rain,  hail  or  snow,  we 
l)oor  soldiers  are  bound  to  go.'  He  was  wounded  at  Mal- 
vern Hill,  but  survived  the  war,  came  home  and  died  in 
South  Carolina. 

Pope,  David,  was  a  soldier  of  good  repute.  He  was  in 
the  battle  at  Malvern  Hill,  then  took  sick  and  died  at 
Brigade  Hospital,  at  Drewry's  Bluff. 


OF   THE   CIVIL   WAR 


307 


Powell,  Andrew,  was  another  brave  soldier,  always  lively 
and  full  of  fun.  Late  in  the  war,  he  was  transferred  to  the 
Band,  and  after  the  war  he  came  home  and  then  went  to 
Arizona  where  he  has  prospered.  He  is  still  living.  (See 
sketch  and  photo.) 

A.  B.  POWELL 

The  subject  of  this 
sketch  entered  Company 
I,  49th  Regiment  N.  C. 
Volunteers  when  but  a 
boy  at  Weldon  in  the 
fall  '63.  He  served  22 
months  regular  and  did 
efficient  service.  He 
was  wounded  at  the 
"Blow-up,"  and  also  in 
the  battle  of  Weldon  R. 
R. ,  both  being  very 
slight  wounds.  He  was 
at  the  surrender  at  Ap- 
pomattox, and  came 
home  in  company  with 
Uncle  Pink  Shuford,  his 
brother— Tate  Powell,— 
Kerr  and  Rome  Cline. 
and  Miles  A.  Abernethy, 
reaching  home  ten  days 
after  the  surrender. 

"Soon  after, "  he  says, 
"I  went  west,  following 
mining  and  prospecting, 

but  always  on  the  frontier,  and  was  in  two  fights  with  the    Indians,     (in 
'69  and  '72.) 

"I  married  in  Colorada  -a  Miss  Flora  Walls,— who  was  born  in  New 
Zealand,  being  of  English  and  Scotch  parentage.  There  were  born  to  us 
eleven  children  — five  sons  and  four  daughters  are  still  living,  all  of  whom 
are  doing  well. 

"I  have  not  made  a  fortune,  but  am  in  my  own  home,  no  debts  and 
a  bank  account.  I  have  been,  and  am  still,  in  the  employ  of  the  Arizona 
Copper  Company,  being  on  the  A.  &  M.  R.  R.  for  the  last  eight  years. 

"I  had  the  honor  of  speaking  to  Lee  once,  as  I  was  returning, 
wounded,  from  the  battle  of  Weldon  R.  R.  in  1864.  At  another  time 
Silas  Pope  and  I  slipped  up  to  a  rifle  pit  and  found  there  two  Federals 
dead.  One  had  an  open  Bible  in  his  hand.  I  reached  over,  took  the 
Bible,  Pope  remarking:     'Too  late  now  to  read  the  Bible;  if  you're    kil)- 


30g  THE   CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

ed  todiay  youu'll  go  to  h anyway."    Soon  after  We    had    to    retreat, 

and  hearing  a  familiar  voice,  I  looked  and  heard  Pope  praying,  and 
behold,  a  shell  had  cut  off  a  sapling  and  it  had  fallen  on  Pope,  holding 
him  fast.  I  had  to  guy  and  laugh,  until  Pope  got  to  swearing  instead 
of  praying.  I  called  to  several  Federal  prisoners  to  help  me  loose  him. 
"Once  at  a  hospital,  Shuford  and  my  brother  Tate  came  to  see  me, 
and  as  I  had  picked  off  the  battlefield  a  pocketbook  with  $26.00,  (two 
ten  dollar  greenbacks  and  six  dollars  in  silver,)  I  took  the  boys  to  the 
market  house  for  each  of  us  a  square  meal.  On  our  way  a  Jew  banker 
gave  me  $600.00  in  Confederate  for  one  $10,  and  the  meals  cost  me 
$545.00,  leaving  me  $55  for  $10,  plus  three  square  meals. " 

Pope,  Franklin,  was  transferred  late  in  the  war  from 
the  18th  North  Carolina  Regiment  to  the  49th.  He  sur- 
vived the  war,  and  died  in  South  Carolina. 

Richardson,  John  was  lost  sight  of  after  the  battle  of 
Malvern  Hill. 

Reynolds,  William,  was  a  true  and  noble  soldier,  and  lost 
his  life  at  the  seige  at  Petersburg.  He  was  much  liked  by 
all  his  comrades. 

,  Rufty,  Michael,  entered  the  service  late  in  the  war.  He 
Was  captured  at  the  storming  of  Fort  Steadman.  He  was 
■<i  very  old  man,  and  after  coming  home,  he  accumulated  a 
comfortable  fortune  before  he  died. 

Robinson,  James,  was  discharged  at  Raleigh,  N.  C,  came 
home,  and  is  still  living  a  useful  life. 

Sherrill,  Wodford,  was  a  fearless  soldier.  He  was 
wounded  at  Malvern  Hill.  He  was  constantly  with  his 
command,  and  prepared  for  any  emergency.  The  enemy 
captured"  him  at  Five  Forks,  and  took  him  to  Point  Look- 
out a  prisoner.  He  came  home  and  is  still  living,  a  good 
and  useful  citizen. 

Sherrill,  Elliott,  was  the  youngest  member  of  our  Com- 
pany. He  was  Orderly  for  Gen.  M.  W.  Ransom.  His  rec- 
ord as  a  soldier  was  as  good  as  the  best.  He  was  captured 
at  Five  Forks,  then  taken  to  Point  Lookout.  He  came 
home  and  became  one  of  the  leading  citizens.  Now  he  is 
dead. 

Sherrill,  David  J.,  was  a  very  old  man  when  he  entered 
the  service,  but  a  splendid  soldier.  He  was  discharged, 
honorably,  and  died  at  home  a  respected  citizen,, 

Sherrill,  WycklifF,  was  discharged  at  Raleigh,  and  after- 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  3,09 

wards  reinstated  in  Company  A.,  49th  North  Carolina 
Regiment.  He  made  his  escape  at  the  surrender,  came 
home  and  was  a  useful  man  to  his  community.  He  is  now 
dead. 

Stewart,  Jeptha  P.,  possesses  a  record  as  a  soldier  that 
cannot  be  surpassed.  He  was  our  last  Color  Bearer,  and 
never  let  his  colors  trail  in  the  dust  until  surrended  and 
captured  at  Five  Forks.  He  was  wounded  at  Petersburg. 
Surviving  the  war,  he  came  home  and  is  now  loved  and 
honored  by  all  his  comrades. 

Stewart,  Franklin,  was  wounded  and  captured  at 
Drewry's  Bluff  and  was  never  with  the  command  after- 
wards. 

Setzer,  Pinkney,  was  lost  sight  of  after  the  first  engage- 
ment at  Petersburg  until  near  the  close  of  the  war.  He  is 
now  dead. 

Sigman,  Henry,  was  an  intrepid  soldier.  He  was  killed 
at  Malvern  Hill. 

Sigman,  Martin,  was  a  good  soldier.  He  was  on  detail 
service  most  of  the  time  during  the  war.  He  came  home 
imd  proved  his  worth  by  the  life  he  lived.    Now  he  is  dead. 

Sigman,  Julius,  bore  an  enviable  record  during  the  war. 
He  was  courageous,  and  daring  in  battle.  After  the  war, 
he  came  home  and  when  he  died,  left  behind  him  an  excel- 
lent name. 

Stiles,  John,  was  a  magnificent  soldier.  He  was  wounded 
cit  Malvern  Hill,  from  w^hich  he  died  at  home. 

Stiles,  Marcus,  was  an  excellent  soldier.  He  was  lost 
sight  of  during  the  Maryland  campaign,  and  is  evidently 
dead,  as  we  have  heard  nothing  from  him  since  the  war. 

Shelton,  Meek,  was  Musician  during  the  whole  period  of 
the  war. 

Turner,  James,  died  at  Raleigh  soon  after  enlistment. 
He  was  a  very  old  man,  but  was  determined  to  enlist. 

Traff"enstrat,  Noah,  was  a  fearless  soldier.  He  was 
wounded  at  Malvern  Hill,  from  which  he  died. 

Traffenstrat,  Absolum,  was  another  brave  soldier.  He 
survived  the  war  and  came  home  and  died. 

Traffenstrat,  Daniel,  died  in  the  hospital  at  Petersburg. 


310  THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 

Turbyfield,  Jackson,  was  in  the  engagement  at  Malvern 
Hill.  Afterwards  he  died  at  Brigade  Hospital,  at  Drewry's 
Bluff.    His  record  as  a  soldier  was  excellent. 

Wilfong,  John,  sustained  the  reputation  of  a  record  in 
war  which  was  as  good  as  the  best.  He  was  wounded  at 
the  Crater  at  Petersburg.  He  came  home  and  was  as  good 
citizen  as  he  was  soldier. 

Wycoff,  Wesley,  survived  the  war,  came  home  and  was 
murdered. 

Wycoff,  Andrew,  was  another  excellent  soldier.  He  was 
wounded  at  Bermuda  Hundreds.     He  came  home  and  died. 

Ward,  James,  entered  the  service  as  an  Assistant  Surg- 
eon. He  resigned  at  Petersburg,  came  home,  then  went  to 
Missouri  and  died. 

Wilson,  Israel,  came  in  just  before  the  close  of  the  war, 
being  an  old  man.    He  died  soon  after  the  war. 

Webb,  Noah,  was  with  us  but  a  very  short  time,  but  was 
a  brave  yet  obedient  soldier,  ever  performing  each  duty 
imposed  upon  him.  He  survived  the  war,  came  home  and 
niade  an  exemplary  citizen.     He  died  September  13,  1910. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  311 

55TH  REGIMENT. 
OFFICERS. 

Mull,  Peter  M.,  Captain,  first  enlisted  as  a  private  in 
Captain  W.  H.  Propst's  Company,  in  Lincoln,  N.  C,  known 
as  "Southern  Stars,'  and  left  with  the  Company  on  the 
29th  of  April,  '61,  for  Raleigh,  N.  C,  where  they  were  or- 
ganized into  the  first  regiment  of  North  Carolina  Troops, 
with  D.  H.  Hill,  of  Charlotte,  as  Colonel.  They  enlisted  for 
six  months;  went  by  way  of  Richmond  to  Yorktown,  and 
not  long  after  their  arrival,  they  were  under  fire  at  the 
battle  of  Bethel  Church.  At  the  expiration  of  six  months, 
the  Regiment  disbanded  at  Richmond,  and  returned  home. 
After  remaining  at  hotne  for  six  months,  Peter  M.  Mull 
organized  a  Company  and  was  elected  Captain  on  the  19th 
of  April,  '62.  This  Company  was  made  up  of  men  from 
Burke,  Catawba,  Cleveland  and  Lincoln  County;  and  con- 
sisted of  one  hundred  and  thirty  men,  and  three  officers. 
The  following  is  a  list  of  the  Catawba  County  men : 

Bivens,  Peter  M.,  enlisted  April  22,  '62 ;  he  was  wounded 
at  Gettysburg,  July  3,  '63;  he  died  in  a  hospital  in  Penn- 
sylvania. 

Boyles,  William,  enlisted  April  22,  '62 ;  he  was  wounded 
at  Ream's  Station ;  he  died  in  a  hospital  in  Petersburg. 

Barton,  Massenburg,  enlisted  May  29,  '62;  he  died  since 
rhe  war. 

Brindle,  David  A.,  enlisted  April  4,  '62 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Brindle,  Wesley,  enlisted  May  13,  '62 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Goodson,  Callaway,  enlisted  May  10,  '62 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Goodson,  Miles,  enlisted  April,  '62 ;  he  died  at  home  De- 
cember 11,  '81. 

Gross,  Ephriam,  enlisted  April  22,  '62 ;  he  was  promoted 
Sergeant  May  16,  '62 ;  he  died  from  sickness,  August  17,  '62. 

Hull,  William,  1st  Lieutenant;  enlisted  April  19,  '62; 
he  was  killed  at  Drewry's  Bluff. 

Hicks,  Robert  J.,  enlisted  April  22,  '62;  he  died  since 
the  war. 


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OF  THE  CIVIL   WAR  313 

Hudson.  Hiram,  enlisted  February  15,  '63 ;  he  died  in  '64. 

Hicks,  William,  enlisted  February  12,  '63 ;  he  died  since 
the  war. 

Johnson,  Andrew  J.,  enlisted  April  24,  '62 ;  he  died  in  the 
army,  March  5,  '63. 

Johnson,  Richmond,  enlisted  April  19.  '62;  he  is  still 
living. 

Keever,  James  M.,  enlisted  May  23,  '62. 

Martin,  Leander,  enlisted  January  29,  '63;  he  is  still 
living. 

Mull,  Ezra,  enlisted  April  24,  '62 ;  he  was  promoted  Ser- 
geant in  May,  '62 ;  he  was  wounded  and  died  at  Petersburg, 
^'a..  in  February,  '65. 

Mull.  John  M.,  enlisted  May  23,  '62 ;  he  was  a  ?.Iusician ; 
he  was  captured  at  the  Wilderness ;  he  died  a  prisoner  at 
Elmira.  N.  Y. 

Pope,  Lafayette,  enlisted  April  21,  '62;  he  died  in  the 
army  on  September  24,  '62. 

Seagle.  William  S..  enlisted  Auril  22.  '62;  he  was  wound- 
ed and  died  in  prison,  August  20,  '64. 

Shuford.  Franklin,  enlisted  April  22,  '62 ;  he  is  still  liv- 
ing. 

Shuford,  Peter,  enlisted  April  24,  '62;  he  is  still  living. 

Smith,  John,  enlisted  May  10,  '62 ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Stamey,  James  P..  enlisted  April  24,  '62;  he  was  a  Music- 
ian ;  he  died  at  home  after  the  war. 

Walker,  James  P.,  enlisted  October  11,  '62;  he  died  at 
iiis  home  since  the  war. 

Wise,  Levi,  enlisted  April  24,  '62 ;  he  was  killed  at  Falling 
Water,  Md.,  July  14,  '64. 

Young,  Samuel,  enlisted  April  22,  '62 ;  he  was  killed  at 
^Vashington,  N.  C,  September  6.  '62. 


314 


THE   CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


COMPANY  E.,  57TH  REGIMENT. 


This  Company  was  organized  at  Salisbury,  N.  C. ;  hence, 
the  error  in  Moore's  Roster.  Captain  Daniel  Rhyne  took 
a  number  of  Catawbians  to  Salisbury  to  guard  prisoners ; 
and  soon  thereafter,  organized  them  into  a  Company,  with 
the  following  officers : 

Rhyne,  Daniel,  Captain. 

Yount,  Lafayette,  1st  Lieutenant. 

Cochran,  William,  2nd  Lieutenant.    (Photo.) 


WILLIAM    COCHRAN 

William  Cochran,  a 
brother  of  G.  W.  Coch- 
ran, enlisted  in  Company 
E,  57th  Regiment,  and 
was  elected  2nd  Lieut. 
We  have  no  record  as  to 
his  length  of  service, 
save  that  he,  like  his 
three  brothers  that 
were  in  the  service,  was 
true  and  brave.  After 
the  war  he  married  a 
Miss  Rhinhardt  and  set- 
tled in  the  Grace  Church 
neighborhood.  The  au- 
thor there  had  the  pleas- 
ure of  teaching  his  eld- 
est son.  He  was  a  very 
companionable  fellow. 
He  afterward  moved  to 
Washington  Territory, 
now  a  state,  and  has 
done  well  there.  So  far 
as  the  author  knows  he 
is  still  living. 

Wycoff,  William,  3rd  Lieutenant. 

Huffman,  Joel,  1st  Sergeant. 

Cline,  Elcanah,  2nd  Sergeant.     (Photo.) 

Yount,  Patrick,  3rd  Sergeant. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


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E.   E.  CLINE 

E.  E.  Cline  enlisted  in 
Co.  E.  57  Regiment  for 
12  mjnths,  in  which 
company  he  held  the 
office  of  2nd  Lieutenant. 
This  regiment  was  form- 
ed at  High  Point,  the 
13th  of  August,  1861. 
From  there,  they  went 
to  Wilmington  to 
winter,  where  the  regi- 
ment enlisted  for  the 
war.  His  next  enlist- 
ment was  at  Salisbury, 
in  Capt.  Rhine's  Com- 
pany —  C.  57th  Regi- 
ment." From  there, 
says  Mr.  Cline,  "We 
went  to  Richmond, 
where  we  were  introduc- 
ed into  the  ravages  at 
Fredericksburg,  where 
I  was  severely  wound- 
ed, carrying  a  minnie 
ball  for  ten  months.  We 
were  marched    to    Bris- 

til  Station,  but  our  Regiment  did  not  engage  in  that  battle.  On  my  re- 
t'lrn,  my  wound  bacame  inflamed  and  had  to  be  operated  upon,  extract- 
ing the  minnie, I  thus  saving  me  from  a  life-long  cripple.  This  was  just 
before  the  battle  of  Rappahannock,  where  all  of  my  company  was  cap- 
tured, save  the  sick  left  in  camp. 

Our  next  move  jy^as  to  Kingston,  N.  C,  where  we  spent  the  winter 
of  1863,  until  early  in  the  Spring.  There  the  picket  moved  upon  New- 
bern  and  captured  23  of  our  men  who  had  deserted.  They  were  court- 
martialed  and  executed, —an  appalling  sight. 

From  there,  we  went  to  Richmond  again.  Here,  when  Hunter  made 
his  raid  on  Lynchburg,  Early  was  ordered  to  look  after  him.  We  then 
set  out  for  th?  Valley  of  Virginia  to  Harper's  Ferry;  then  to  Fi-ederick 
City,  Md.,  on  by  way  of  Washington,  which  drew  heavy  reinforcements 
from  Richmond,  and  thus  the  ball  was  opened. 

The  first  was  on  the  Shenandoah  River  next  below  Winchester  then 
at  Fisher's  Hill;  then  on  Sept.  19th,  at  Wii  ..haster,  the  enemy  attacking 
us  at  day  break.  We  hald  our  own,  however,  until  Generals  Rhodes  and 
Gordon  were  killed.  We  then  retreated  up  the  valley  to  Fisher's  Hill 
taking  position  after  day  light.  We  here  captured  many  prisoners, 
wagons,  and  artillery,  gaining  a  complete  victory  only  to  be  lost    on  the 


316  THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 

evening  of  the  same  day.  Again  we  went  to  Richmond  and  Petersburg 
the  battle  of  Mine  Run  determining  the  fate  of  these  cities. 

Here  we  lost  our  brigade  by  capture,  except  the  sharpshooters  on 
the  morning  of  April  the  6th. 

It  is  difficult  at  this  late  hour  for  us  old  soldiers  to  think  and  revive 
all  our  experiences,  but  let  the  little  we  can  give  be  saved  for  our  pos- 
terity. 

I  have  spent  these  50  years  at  farming  in  which  I  have  been  success- 
ful. I  am  now  called  old,  but  I  am  a  well  preserved  man,  as  you  can 
see,  and  like  lively  wires  as  my  companions.  I  am  living  my  days  in 
plenty  and  hereby  greet  my  old  comrades. 

Gilbert,  Jake,  4th  Sergeant. 

After  organizing  as  above,  the  Company  took  some  pris- 
oners to  Richmond,  Va.,  and  there  went  into  Camp  of  in- 
struciton.  Captain  Rhyne  resigned  in  '62,  and  the  Com- 
pany made  the  following  changes :  Gilbert  was  elected 
1st  Lieutenant;  W.  W.  Sherrill,  2nd  Lieutenant;  Cain  Cline, 
1st  Sergeant ;  Frank  Rabb,  2nd  Sergeant,  and  William  Car- 
penter, 3rd  Sergeant.  The  Company  went  through  the  war 
with  few  other  changes. 

PRIVATES. 

Anthony,  Daniel,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  died  in  the  war; 
he  was  a  good  soldier. 

Anthony,  Jacob,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  was  taken  pris- 
oner July  20,  '64 ;  he  is  still  living  on  his  farm. 

Bost,  Amzi,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  died  in  camp  at  Win- 
chester. 

Beard,  J.  W.,  enlisted  July  1,  '62;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Bolick,  A.  E.  L.,  enlisted  July  1,  '62 ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Bolick,  E.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  was  a  valiant  soldier; 
he  is  still  living. 

Burns,  F.  A.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  died  since  the  Vv^ar. 

Bost,  J.  C,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  was  killed  at  Gettys- 
burg.    (Bost  was  Color  Bearer). 

Barger,  B.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  died  while  in  prison. 

Baker,  Henry,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Conrad,  W.  J.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62. 

Coulter,  P.  A.,  enli«>ed  July  1,  '62.     (See  sketch.) 

Cline,  Eli,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  died  in  camp. 

Cline,  Cicero,  enlisted  July  4,  '62.  (See  sketch  and 
photo.) 


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317 


PHILLIP  A.  COULTER 

Phillip  A.  Coulter, 
born  June  15th,  1834; 
died,  January  17,  1903. 
Joined  Co.  E.,  under 
Daniel  Rhine,  in  the 
Spring  of  1862,  57th  Re- 
giment. 

He  was  a  successful 
farmer,  a  quiet,  peace- 
able man. 


EPHRAIM  BOLICK 
Ephraim  Bolick  enlist- 
ed in  Co.  E.  57th  Regi- 
ment, July  4th,  1862. 
He  was  in  the  battles  of 
Fredricksburg,  Chancel- 
lorsville,  Winchester, 
Gettysburg,   Culpepper, 

C.  H.,  and  some  other 
minor  battles.  At  the 
battle  of  Culpepper,  he 
was  taken  prisoner, 
carried  to    Washington, 

D.  C,  then  to  Point 
Lookout,  where  he  was 
parolled  March,  1865; 
after  the  war  he  went  on 
the  farm  and  has  made 
quite  a  success. 


318 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


CICERO  CLINE 

Cicero  Clins  enlisted  in  Co.  E.  57th  Regiment,  July    1st,     1862.  He 

was  one  of  the  bravest  of  tli3    Company.     In    one    battle,    he    did  not 

observe  the  Company  falling  back,  and  continued  to    fire    until    he  ex- 


hausted his  cartridge  box,  and  narrowly  made  his  escape  after  finding 
his  Company  had  retreated.  Cicero  is  now  engaged  in  getting  out,  a 
family  record  of  the  entire  Cline  family—  a  task  as  difficult  as  the  "Ca- 
tawba Soldier  of  the  Civil  War." 

Campbell,  E.,  enlisted  July  1,  '62;  he  was  wounded  at 
Fredericksburg,  losing  an  arm. 

Cansler,  G.  W.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  was  taken  pris- 
oner November,  '63 ;  he  is  still  living  on  his  farm. 

Deitz,  Fred.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  substituted,  but  re- 
turned, and  died  in  the  war. 

Drum,  Joshua,  enlis'ed  Tuly  4,  '62 ;  he  died  since  the  war. 
Drum,  Miles,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  was  killed  at  Fred- 
ericksburg. 

Fry,  William,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  died  in  camp. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  319 

Flowers,  Henry,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  was  taken  pris- 
oner November  7,  '63 ;  he  died  in  the  war. 

Fry,  Cain,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  died  in  the  war. 

Fry,  William,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  was  taken  prisoner 
July  7,  '63 ;  he  died  in  camp. 

Frazier,  H.  D.,  enlisted  April  4,  '63 ;  he  was  missirg  at 
Brandy  Station  ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Frazier,  William,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  died  during  the 
war  at  Petersburg. 

Frazier,  C.  J.,  enlisted  November  1,  '63 ;  he  died  since 
the  war. 

Gilland,  H.  A.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  was  taken  prisoner 
November  7,  '63 ;  he  was  a  good  soldier,  and  is  still  living. 

J.  A.  GANTT 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Catawba  county,  August 
15,  1845,  and  enlisted  in  Company  F.  57th  Regiment  in  February,  1845. 
He  served  until  the  end  of  the  war  and  was  with  Lee  at  the  sur- 
render at  Appomattox,  April  9,  1865.  Mr.  Gantt  escaped  without  a 
wound,  but  had  several  narrow  escapes.  He  was  in  the  battles  of  Brew- 
ery Bluff,  the  Wilderness,  and  all  the  battles  around  Richmond,  Peters- 
burg, and  in  the  Shenandoah  valley.  Upon  his  return  home  he  went 
to  farming,  and  has  followed  it  ever  since.  Mr.  Gantt  was  married  to 
Miss  Elizabeth  Lee,  daughter  of  Mr.  R.  G.  Lee,  of  Catawba  county,  in 
1871,  this  being  his  second  marriage,  having  married  Miss  Molly  Wike 
first,  who  died  in  less  than  a  year  thereafter.  A  private  who  never 
shirked  duty  in  the  war,  Mr.  Gantt,  as  a  private  citizen  since  the  war, 
has  done  his  full  duty,  and  is  esteemed  and  respected  by  his  fellow 
citizens 

Hauss,  W.  G.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  died  in  Savannah, 
Ga.,  in  '63. 

Huffman,  Hosea,  enlisted  July  4,  '62. 

Huffman,  Marcus,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  died  since  the 
war. 

Harbison,  Henry,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  died  since  the 
war. 

Hallman,  E.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  after  the  war  closed  he 
went  West,  where  he  died. 

Hoke,  G.  A.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Huffman,  Daniel,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  was  taken  pris- 
oner July  20,  '64 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Hallman,  R.  L.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  made  a  good  sol- 
dier ;  he  is  living  and  doing  well  in  Greenville,  S.  C. 


320 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


MAX  HUFFMAN 

Max  Huffman  enlisted 
in  Co.  E.  57  Regiment, 
and  was  engaged  with 
the  company  in  all  its 
conflicts.  He  survived 
the  war,  and  has  lived 
by  farming.  He  is  now, 
like  all  the  old  soldiers, 
rapidly  declining  in 
health.  .^Ictt  ^^^"^ 


Halman,  Laban,  enlisted  July  4,  '63 ;  he  died  since  the 
war. 

Huffman,  Hosea,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  was  taken  pris- 
oner July  9,  '64;  he  died  since  the  war;  he  was  a  good, 
brave  man. 

Holler,  G.  W.,  enlisted  July  4,  '63 ;  he  was  taken  pris- 
oner November  7,  '63 ;  he  died  in  1909. 

Hunsucker,  S.  A.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  was  taken  pris- 
oner November  7,  '63 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Hartzoe,  Lawson,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  was  taken  pris- 
oner November,  '63 ;  he  died  since  the  war ;  he  was  a  good 
soldier. 

Isaac,  Levi,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  was  taken  prisoner 
July  20,  '64 ;  he  is  still  iiving. 

Isaac,  John,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  died  during  the  war. 

Killian,  L.  S.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  was  taken  prisoner 
November  7,  '63;  he  died  since  the  war. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


321 


Leonard,  Dankl,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  died  while  in 
prison ;  he  was  a  good  soldier. 

Leonard,  Eli,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Leatherman,  L.  M.,  enlisted  March  1,  '64;  he  died  since 
the  war. 

Lutz,  M.  C,  enlisted  July  4,  '63 ;  he  was  captured,  and 
died  at  Fortress  Monroe,  in  November,  '63. 

Leonard,  J.  M.,  enlisted  June  25,  '62;  he  was  transferred 
from  the  23rd  Regiment  to  the  57th  Regiment ;  he  is  still 
living  on  his  farm. 

Michael,  Ambrose,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  died  during 
the  war. 

Michael,  Jacob,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  died  in  a  hospital. 

Miller,  D.  A.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62.     (See  sketch.) 


DAVID    A.      MILLER 

David  A.  Miller,  en- 
listed July  4th,  1862,  in 
Daniel  Rhine's  Com- 
pany, and  was  wounded 
first  at  Appomattox 
Court-house,  in  the  hip, 
and  again  at  Gettys- 
burg, in  the  face,  at 
which  place  he  was  cap- 
tured, and  remained  in 
the  enemies'  prison  five 
months,  then  returned 
to  his  command  and  re- 
mained until  the  sur- 
render. 

While  charging  the 
enemies  through  the 
streets  of  Gettsyburg, 
he  saw  a  lady  lying  in 
the  street  with  the  top 
of  her  head  shot  off;  her 
babe  lying  near  by  cry- 
ing; a  heart-rending 
sight  to  him,  even 
though  charging  the 
enemy. 

Miller,  G.  W.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  was  taken  prisoner 
November  7,  '63;  he  died  at  home  during  the  war. 


32* 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Miller.  J.  M..  enlisted  S.  *d2:  he  wa^;  taken  prisoner  July 
S.  >>o :  he  died  in  1909. 

MoCaslin.  A.  C  enlisted  July  4.  '62;  he  was  taken  pris^- 
oner  November  7.  '63 :  he  died  since  the  war. 

McCaslin.  H.  F..  enlisted  July  4.  '62:  he  was  taken  pris- 
oner November  7.  '63:  he  is  still  living,  and  runs  a  good 
farm. 

Mauney.  J.  S^  enlisted  Juh-  4.  *62:  he  died  since  the  war; 
he  was  a  good  soldier. 

N&u^le,  Levi,  enlisted  July  4.  d2;  r.r  /.  r  '  "  :hf  --  .i-jh 
to  Gett\"sbur§:. 

Null.  Jo^m.  enlisted  July  4.  '62 :  he  was  ..  " ; 

he  died  since  the  war. 

Pitts,  David.  «ilisted  Ju'v  4.  '6:1  .<  :w:c^  : 

he  died  since  the  war. 

Pn^pst.  WiUiam,  enlisicvi  April  1.  "o4.     t 


WILUAMP-   PROPSr 

WUfiwBH.  Profet  join- 
ed Co.  E.  diT  RefrnMBt 
and  serred  slKreki 
tlunwgii  tike  vnu-.  He 
retcmed  to  las  aatrre 
comtr.  and  sfvent  kis 
fifie  in  ImnBiagr  and  tke 
■anofatetare  of  fknr. 
He  kas  no  apologiKS  to 
BBBike  for  las  Im»k^ 
look  as  lie  vas  standby 
in  firoat  of  las  Bsill  m  & 
ataBKr's  dress^  He  still 
&res.  ausui  is  active- 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


323 


Propst,  Frank,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  died  in  camp. 

Propst,  F.  L.,  enlisted  March  13,  '64 ;  after  the  war  he 
went  West,  where  he  has  since  died. 

Pro'^st,  W.  A.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  was  taken  prisoner 
November  7,  '64.     (See  sketch  and  photo.) 


WALLACE  A.  PROPST 

Wallace  A.  Propst  en- 
listed in  Co  E.  57th 
Regiment,  July  4th, 
1862,  and  was  captured 
November  the  7th,  1863. 
After  the  war,  he  re- 
turned home,  and  took 
up  farming  for  a  livli- 
hood.  Today,  in  add! 
tion  to  valuable  farming 
lands,  which  he  owns, 
he  has  some  valuable 
property  in  the  City  of 
Hickory.  He  is  an 
honored  Citizen  of  Ca- 
tawba, up  in  years,  de- 
clining in  health. 


i^Tv 


X 


Pope,  Daniel,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  was  wounded  May 
4,  '64;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Pope,  Frank,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  was  taken  prisoner 
July  20,  '64,  at  the  first  fight  at  Fredericksburg;  he  is  still 
living. 

Robinson,  A.  J.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  was  a  substitute 
for  Conrad. 

Rhinehardt,  John  J.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  was  taken 
prisoner  November  7,  '63 ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Roderick,  C,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Raby,  William,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  was  taken  prisoner 
November  7,  '63 ;  he  died  but  recently^ 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


FRANK  RABB 

I  enlisted  July  4. 1862, 
inXo.  E.  5Ti:h  Regriment. 
Went  to  Salisburj-  to 
guard  prisoners.  There 
we  were  organized  into 
a  company,  and  was 
o  Richmond  with 
prisoners.  We  remain- 
ed in  camp  of  instruc- 
tion until  fall;  fron: 
there  we  were  sent  :  to 
Culpepper;  thence  to 
Fredericksburg,  where 
the  57th  made  one  of  the 
most  memorable 
charges  during  the  war. 
Here  I  was  wounded  in 
my  side.  There  we 
went  into  winter  quar- 
ters. Next  to  the 
Chancellorsville  fight: 
next  we  were  on  the 
Gettysburg  campaign. 
In  the  City  of  Gettys- 
burg. I  had  my  hat  brim 
shot  by  a  lady,  from  the 

window  of  a  house.  In  the  second  day's  cnarge.  at  rne  turr.taoie  on  the 
railroad.  I  ordered  a  yankee  nearby  to  surrender,  and  he  ordered  me  to 
surrender,  both  having  unloaded  guns.  I  got  mine  loaded  tirst:  he  ran 
into  the  cellar  and  I  captured  him.  On  our  return  to  Virginia,  we  re- 
mained in  the  valley  all  that  fall,  being  engaged  with  Sheridan.  X<rxt 
the  raid  to  Washington  City,  crossing  tiie  Pocomac  to  Shepherdstown. ; 
here  I  got  a  little  away  from  my  Company.  I  ran  upon  four  Yankees, 
among  them  a  Captain,  all  of  whom  I  took  prisoners  myself:  thence  to 
Washington,  passing  the  residence  of  Postmaster  General  Stevens.  Here 
I  entered  the  house  and  got  a  dish  of  honey,  no  one  being  at  home.  As 
sharpshooters,  we  spent  the  night  in  the  suburb  of  Washington.  Next 
day.  we  were  on  picket  all  day  and  at  night:  Gen.  Early  got  us  out 
safely  on  our  retreat;  marched  all  night,  crossing  the  Potomac;  next 
day  into  Virginia.  At  Winchester.  I  was  wounded  in  the  head.  In  fall- 
ing back  to  Richmond.  I  with  four  men.  was  detailed  one  night  to  make 
a  rifle  pit  and  drive  the  en?-ny  from  a  battery  that  was  annoying  us. 
We  carried  that  night  into  this  pit  several  boxes  of  cartridges.  In  mak- 
ing the  pit.  I  had  access  to  an  old  fence,  and  made  a  porthole  above  the 
pit;  here,  during  all  next  day.  I  fired  the  five  guns  loaded  by  the  foiu- 
men.  and  kept  the  battery  silent.  After  the  enemy  fell  back,  we  ex- 
amined the  place  where  the  battery  was  and  fotmd    many    graves.    For 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


325 


days  after,  I  was  so  sore  with  the  re-coil  of  the  gun  that  I    was    unable 
to  shoot.     At  Petersburg,   I  missed  but  one  battle,  in    which    our    regi- 
ment engaged.     I  was  on  the  skirmish  line  for  fifteen  months,    and    was 
granted,  therefore,  a  complimentary  furough  for  constant  duty. 
After  the  surrender,  I  came  home.   Am  now  in  lumber  business. 

Self,  W.  R.,  enlisted  July  4,  '64.     (See  sketch  and  photo.) 

WILLIAM  R.   SELF 

William  R.  Self  en- 
listed in  Company  E. 
57th  Regiment  N.  C. 
troops  in  January,  1862. 
The  first  engagement  hv 
was  in  wasat  Fredricks- 
burg,  Va.,  where  he 
was  slightly  wounded  in 
the  head;  next  engage- 
ment was  at  Chancel- 
lorsville,  Va. ;  third  at 
Gettysburg,  where  he 
was  wounded  the  first 
day  of  battle  while 
carrying  the  flag,  and 
J.  C.  Bost  seizing  the 
flag  was  killed. 

At  Lynchburg  he  was 
wounded  the  second  day; 
he  was  also  engaged  in 
the  battles  of  Winches- 
ter, Harper's  Ferry, 
Culpepper  and  Newbern. 
At  Winchester  he  was 
taken  prisoner.  For 
five  months  he  was 
absent  from  the  Company  with  small-pox.  The  closest  place  he  was 
ever  in  was  Hickory,  N.  C— he  came  home  from  prison  in  March,  1865; 
the  enemy  came  through  soon  after  his  return.  In  order  to  save  the 
stock,  he  to3k  thirteen  head  of  horses  of  Maj.  Bost's,  his  falher-in-law, 
and  concealed  them  in  the  forest.  A  few  days  afterwards  Maj.  Best 
thought  that  he  should  take  them  home  that  he  might  start  the  plows. 
To  be  sure  that  the  enemy  was  not  near,  Self  rode  up  near  Hickory  and 
stopped  for  a  drmk  of  water.  On  his  return  to  his  horse,  he  looked  up 
the  road  and  saw  quite  a  number  of  their  Yankee  pickets;  in  an  instant 
he  was  mounted,  and,  "Halt,  Halt,  Bang, "came  the  balls,  but  he  made 
his  escape  untouched,  after  having  been  shot  at  at  least  seventy-five 
times. 

After  the  surrender,  he  farmed  several  years,  then  moved  to    New- 
ton, where  he  has  kept  a  boarding  house  since. 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLLIER 


Smyre,   F'rancis,  enlisted  July  4,  '62.      (See  sketch  and 
photo.) 


SILAS  SMYRE 
Francis  S.  Smyer  en- 
listed as  a  junior  in  the 
57th  regiment.  He  was 
in  the  battles  of  Wilder- 
ness and  Cold  Harbor; 
being  a  sharpshooter, 
was  captured  June  1st, 
'64,  carried  to  Pt.  Look- 
out. Here  he  was  guard- 
ed by  foreigners  and 
fa)ed  badly.  Was  pa- 
roled March  4,  '65,  just 
before  the  surrender. 
He  is  still  living  at  Con- 
over,  and  is  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of 
shoes. 


Simmons,  John,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  is  still  living  on 
his  farm. 

Starr,  Marion  S.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  died  since  the 
war. 

Setzer,  M.  E.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  was  made  prisoner 
November  7,  '63 ;  he  died  since  the  war, 

Sherrill,  Wesley,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Shepherd,  John,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  was  killed  at 
Petersburg,  by  a  sharpshooter ;  he  was  a  Musician. 

Setzer,  P.  S.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  was  taken  prisoner 
November  7,  '63 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Setzer,  J.  H.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62.     (See  sketch.) 

Setzer,  J.  C,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  was  missing;  he  is 
still  living. 

Setzer,  W.  A.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62.     (See  sketch.) 


OF  THE  OIVIL  WAR 


327 


HARVEY  SETZER 

Harvey  Setzer  enlist- 
ed in  Co.  E.  57th  Regi- 
ment, July  4th,  1862. 
He  was  captured  Nov. 
7th,  1863,  and  died  in  a 
hospital,  a  prisoner, 
meeting  the  fate  of 
many  a  young  man  of 
Catawba. 


William  Setzer  enlist- 
ed in  Company  C.  57 
Regiment  in  1862.  He 
was  in  five  hard-fought 
battles.  He  was  captur- 
ed and  carried  to  Point 
Lookout  and  retained 
for  sixteen  months.  He 
was  at  one  time  wound- 
ed.    He    is   now    living. 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


Stowe,  W.  L.,  enlisted  July  4,  '32;  he  died  in  the  war. 

Scronce,  Logan,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  died  since  the 
war. 

Sipe,  Sidney,  enlisted  -July  4,  '62 ;  he  was  taken  prisoner 
May  22,  '64;  he  died  while  in  prison. 

Sipe,  F.  C,  enl'sted  July  4,  '6^;  he  died  since  the  war; 
he  was  a  good  soldier,  and  a  good  citizen. 

Witherspoon,  J.  H.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  died  since 
the  war;  he  was  a  good  soldier. 

Witherspoon,  M.  C,  enlisted  January  1,  '64;  he  died  since 
the  close  of  the  war. 

Weaver,  Daniel,  enh'sted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  was  taksn  pris- 
oner November  7,  '63 ;  he  d^ed  since  the  war ;  he  was  a  good 
soldier. 

Wagonner,  William,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  died  in  camp. 


PINKNEY    SHUFORD 

Pinkney  Shaford  enlist- 
ed in  Co.  F.  57th  N .  C. 
Regiment  May  10th, 
1862.  He  was  elected 
4th  Sergeant. 

He  survived  the  war, 
and  returning  home  en- 
gaged in  farming  near 
Wesley's  Chapel. 
He  was  noted  for  his 
activity  in  Church  mat- 
ters. He  was  a  good 
citizen  and  noted  for  his 
piety. 

He  died  some  ysars 
since,  and  was  greatly 
missed  in  the  community 
in  which  he  lived. 


Yoder,  J.  M.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  He  was  taken  prisoner 
November  7,  '63 ;  he  died  since  the  war. 


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329 


DAVID  L.     WARLICK 

David  Logan  Warlick 
enlisted  in  the  57th  Re- 
giment in  '62.  He  was 
once  wounded  and  im- 
prisoned: returned  home 
after  the  surrender  and 
engaged  in  farming, 
since  which  time  he 
died.  Another  excellent 
young  man  was  not 
permitted  to  remain 
long  in  the  country  for 
which  he    sacrified. 


33(1  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

72XD  REGIMENT.   COMPAXY  E,   NORTH 
CAROLINA  VOLUNTEERS 

This  Company  was  cd  npDsed  of  the  seventeen  year  old 
bDys:  nev^artheless.  it  was  a  ca.iioany,  and  deserves  the  same 
honor  as  the  older  companies.  It  was  enlisted  and  officered 
fron  the  Coanty,  and  was.  therefore,  composed  of  noble 
sons.  They  were  di'illed  at  Camp  Vance,  and  had  left  theie 
when  Stoneman  made  hi?  raid  into  the  Western  part  of  the 
State.  They  were  taken  to  Raleigh;  then  to  Wilmington; 
then  to  Wrightsville.  where  they  remained  for  some  time. 
Then  to  Stony  Creek;  then  to  Tarboro;  then  to  Fort  Fisher. 
where  they  were  nearly  all  captured,  and  taken  to  Washing- 
ton; then  to  Foit  Del  ware,  from  which  prison  they  were 
sent  home  after  Lee's  surrender.  In  the  battle  at  Fort 
Fisher,  and  other  minor  engagements,  they  manifested  the 
spirit  of  a  Tar-heel. -that  means,  they  stood  to  their  guns, 
and  fought  like  well  drilled  men.  All  honor,  say  the  old 
soldiers  to  those  boys  for  acquitting  themselves  so  bravely 
in  the  only  hard  fought  battle  in  which  they  were  engaged. 
Their  record  is  short,  since  they  were  soon  captured,  and 
were  not  paroled  until  after  the  war.  These  are  the  facts 
as  gathered  from  one  of  the  officers  of  the  Company. 


OFFICERS. 

Gaither.  J.  R..  Captain;  enlisted  May  21.  "64;  he  was 
killed  in  Ne"«-ton.  by  a  train. 

La^vrence,  -J.  M..  1st  Lieutenant;  enlisted  May  21.  o4 ; 
he  is  living  in  Hickoiy. 

Bandy,  J.  M..  2nd  Lieutenant;  enlisted  May  21,  "64;  he 
■-  r."w  li\ing  in  Greensboro.  X.  C. 

XOX-COMMISSIOXED  OFFICERS. 

Sniyre.  J.  F.,  ist  Sergeant;  enlisted  May  21.  "64;  he  is    j 
now  a  merchant  in  Xewton,  X.  C.  % 

Lore,  G.  M..  enlisted  May  21,  '(>4;  he  is  li\-ing  in  Con- 
cord. X.  C. 


OP"  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


331 


Huett,  N.,  3rd  Sergeant;  enlisted  May  21,  '64;  he  is  a 
Notary  Public. 

Hawn,  J.  L.,  4th  Sergeant;  enlisted  May  21,  '64;  he  died 
in  1900. 

Wyantt,  T.  H.,  5th  Sergeant ;  enlisted  May  21,  '64 ;  he  is 
now  living  in  Texas. 

Moser,  R.  A.,  1st  Corporal ;  enlisted  May  21,  '64. 

Roney,  W.  P.,  2nd  Corporal;  enlisted  May  21,  '64;  he  is 
still  living,  farming  for  a  livelihood. 

Shuford,  J.  M.,  3rd  Corporal;  enlisted  May  21,  '64.  (See 
sketch  and  photo.) 

JOHN    W.    SHUFORD 

John  W.  Shuford  en- 
listed in  Co.  E.  72  Regi- 
ment, and  in  the  battle 
of  Kingston  was  captur- 
ed.- On  his  return  after 
9th  of  April,  he  engag- 
in  farming  on  the  old 
homestead.  He  finally 
moved  to  Hickory,  and 
engaged  in  merchand- 
ising. He  afterward 
retired  to  his  lots  on  the 
out-skirts  of  the  city, 
and  engaged  in  trucking 
and  fancy  poultry.  He 
makes  these  two  pay 
well.  He  has  served 
the  county  for  a  term 
of  years  as  Commission- 
er—ever against  his  pro- 
test. He  married  Miss 
Alice  Wilson,  daughter 
of  Maj.  M.  M.  Wilson 
from  which  Union 
then  were  two  sons  and 
two      daughters,        the 

younger  son  being  a  most  successful  surgeon.  He  has  recently  com- 
pleted an  up-to-date  Hospital  in  the  city  of  Hickory.  The  other  son 
is  the  Senior  Druggist  of  the  city. 


Helton,  J.  W.,  4th  Corporal ;  enlisted  May  21,  '64. 
sketch  and  photo.) 


(See 


332 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDILR 


JOHN     W.      HELTON 

John  W.  Helton,  a 
member  of  Company  E. 
72nd  Regiment  of  Junior 
Reserves,  enlisted  with 
the  seventeen  year  old 
boys,  and  vi^as,  with 
nearly  all  of  them,  cap- 
tured at  Kinston,  N.  C, 
December  25th,  1864. 
He  remained  in  prison 
until  April  or  May,  1835. 
He  became  a  farmer 
after  the  war,  and  also 
engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  jugs. 


PRIVATES. 

Abernethy,  J.,  enlisted  May  21,  '64 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Angel,  A.,  enlisted  May  21,  '64;  he  is  still  living. 

Arndt,  L.  A.,  enlisted  October  16,  '64. 

Berry,  M.  N.,  enlisted  May  21,  '64. 

Bolick,  G.,  enlisted  December  2,  '64. 

Bolick,  C,  enlisted  January  4,  '64;  he  is  still  living. 

Ballard,  J.  F.,  enlisted  October  16,  '64;  he  died  in  1908. 

Burns,  W.,  enlisted  October  14,  '64 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Bushbee,  F.  H.,  enlisted  February  24,  '64. 

Carpenter,  A.  A.,  enlisted  May  24,  '64 ;  he  was  taken 
prisoner  December  25,  *64  at  Point  Lookout,  and  paroled 
January  17,  '64. 

Childress,  M.  A.,  enlisted  May  24,  '64. 

Clay,  E.,  enlisted  November  24,  '64;  he  is  still  living. 

Coulter,  J.  Summey,  enlisted  May  21,  '64.  (See  sketch 
and  photo.) 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


333 


J.  SUMMEY  COULTER 

J  Summey  Coulter  en- 
listed as  a  Junior  Re- 
serve, and  hence  is 
found  in  the  72  regi- 
ment. On  Xmas  day, 
1864,  he  was  captured 
at  Kingston,  carried  to 
Point  Lookout,  and 
paroled,  therefrom.  As 
he  attempted  to  return, 
he  found  the  enemy  near 
his  home;  he  kept  in 
concealment  with  his 
father's  stock  until  the 
enemy  left.  He  engag- 
ed in  farming,  and  like 
many  others,  made  a 
success  of  it. 


L.  A.  BOLLINGER 

L.  A.  Bollinger  join- 
ed Company  E,  72nd 
Regiment  Junior  Re- 
serves and  served  out 
the  term  of  enlistment, 
though  the  latter  part 
was  in  prison  He  is 
still  living,  having  spent 
all  these  years  farming 
near  Newton. 
In  his  calling  he  has 
been  in  the  front,  and 
has  therefore  succeeded. 
A  good  and  respected 
citizen. 


:«4  THE  CATAWBA    SOLDIER 

Cantrell.  D.  C.  enli.-ted  November  16.  '64. 

Campbell.  L.  A.,  enlisted  May  21.  '64. 

Chester.  C.  enlisted  January  20.  '65. 

Christopher.  D..  enlisted  October  16.  '64. 

Crawford.  F.  0..  enlisted  October  2.  '64. 

Cranford.  J.  E.,  enlisted  December  20.  '64. 

Chapman.  G.  W..  enlisted  May  21.  '64. 

Cline.  J.  C.  enlisted  November  10.  "64;  he  is  still  living. 

Drum.  W.  A.,  enlisted  May  21.  '64. 

Drum.  J.  M..  enlisted  May  21.  '64. 

Deal.  J.,  enlisted  May  21.  '64;  he  is  a  mechanic. 

Duncan.  W..  enlisted  October  16,  '64. 

Erwin.  E.  L..  enlisted  May  21.  '64. 

Edwards.  G.  W..  enlisted  May  21.  "64. 

Eskard.   E..   enlisted   January   5.   '65.  ,  - 

Frazier.  F.  A.,  enlisted  May  21.  '64. 

Finger.  A.,  enlisted  October  16.  '64. 

Fry.  A.,  enlisted  October  30.  '64. 

Graham,  J.  B..  enlisted  May  21.  '64:  he  is  still  living-. 

Gabriel.  J.,  enlisted  September  1.  '64. 
Huffman.  J.  M..  enlisted  May  21.  '64:  he  died  since  the 
war. 

Hoke.  Poly,  enlisted  May  21.  '64:  he  is  still  living. 

Huffman.  E.,  enlisted  October  16,  '64 :  he  is  still  living. 

Heavner,  J.,  enlisted  October  4.  '64. 

Holler.  S.  S..  enlisted  May  21.  '64:  he  is  still  living. 

Harbison,  H.  M..  enlisted  May  21.  "64:  he  died  at  Point 
Lookout. 

Hauss.  H..  enlisted  May  21,  "64. 

Harmon.  S..  enlisted  January  4,  *65. 

Hart,  J.,  enlisted  December  20.  '64. 

Isenhour,  D.,  enlisted  May  21,  *64. 

Jarrett,  J.   F..  enlisted  May  21,   *64.      (See  sketch  and 
photo.  1 

Jarrett,  W.  J.,  enlisted  November  20.  '64. 

Jones.  \V..  enlisted  November  20.  "64:  he  died  in  Tarboro. 
N.  C.  during  the  war. 

Keever,  C.,  enlisted  May  21.  "64. 

Little,  Wilbur,  enlisted  — :  he  is  still  living. 


OF  THE    CIVIL    WAR 


335 


JAMES   JARRETT 

James  F.  Jarrett  was 
a  Junior  Reserve  of"the 
72  regiment,  having  en- 
listed May  21st,  1864. 
He  together  with  nearly 
all  of  his  company,  was 
captured  at  Fort  Fisher, 
near  Wilmington,  N.  C. 
They  were  carried  to 
Point  Lookout;  were  re- 
leased on  parole  and  re- 
turned home  June  2(>, 
1865.  He  engaged  in 
farming  and  lumbering, 
at  which  he  acquired 
some  means.  He  is  still 
living  at  the  age    of  64. 


Lael,  N.,  enlisted  October  14,  '64;  he  is  still  living. 

Leatherinan,  S.,  enlisted  November  20,  '64;  he  is  .still 
living. 

Leatherman,  B.,  enlisted  November  20,  '64;  he  is  still 
living. 

Mouser,  J.  W.,  enlisted  May  21,  '64.  (See  sketch  and 
photo. ) 

Martin,  H.  T.,  enlisted  October  16,  '64;  he  is  still  living. 

Moore,  J.,  enlisted  October  9,  '64. 

Miller,  L.,  enlisted  January  4,  '65. 

Pope,  J.  D.,  enlisted  May  21,  '64. 

Reep,  L.,  enlisted  May  21,  '64;  he  is  still  living. 

Rowe,  A.  E.,  enlisted  May  21,  '64 ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Richie,  J.  M.,  enlisted  October  14,  '64. 

Randall,  W.,  enlisted  October  14,  '64. 

Rockett,  C,  enlisted  October  14,  '64. 


336 


THE    CATAWBA    SOLDIER 


J.  W.  MOUSER 

J.  W.  Mouser  enlisted 
with  the  17  year  boys 
and  served  with  them 
until  captured  at  Kings- 
ton on  Christmas  Day 
1864.  He  remained  in 
prison  until  the  sur- 
render. On  his  return 
he  engaged  in  farming, 
and  has  connected  that 
with  teaching  in  the 
public  schools  during  the 
winter,  and  surveying- 
much  for  the  general 
public.  He  is  a  worthy 
citizen  and  has  done 
much  to  elevate  the  best 
interests  of  the    county. 

He  attended  school 
sometime  after  the  war 
in  filling  himself  for 
teaching.  He  is  now 
among  the  older  teachers 
of  the  county  and  one 
among  her  best. 


D.  MADISON     WHI- 

TENER 
D.  Madison   Whitener 
enlisted  with  the  seven- 
teen year  old  boys.     Co. 

E.  72  Regiment.  He 
was  captured  at  Fort 
Fisher,  taken  to  Camp 
Chase,  and  released  on 
parole  June  13th,  1865. 
On  his  return,  like  all 
other  undaunted  sold- 
iers, he  laid  hold  upon 
the  distaff  and  made  a 
competency  at  farming 
ind  manufacturing  lum- 
ber. 

He  has  always  been 
an  industrious  and 
peaceable  citizen,  and 
bids  fair  to  live  to  a  ripe 
old  age. 


OF   THE    CIVIL    WAR 


337 


Rudasill,  C,  enlisted  May  21,  '64;  he  was  killed  at  Fort 
Fisher. 

Ehyne,  A.  M.,  enlisted  May  21,  '34;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Shuford,  W.,  enlisted  May  21,  '64;  he  is  still  living. 

SDeagle,  D.,  enlisted  May  21,  '64;  he  is  st'll  living. 

Shook,  W.,  enlisted  May  21,  '64;  he  is  still  living. 

Shook,  D.,  enlisted  May  21,  '64;  he  is  still  living. 

Smith,  J.  F.,  enlisted  May  21,  '64;  he  is  still  living. 

Smith,  P.,  enlisted  January  4,  '65. 

Sherrill.  A.,  enlisted  May  21,  '64. 

Simmors,  C,  enlisted  May  21,  '64:  he  is  still  living. 

Sigmon,  J.  C,  enlisted  October  14,  '64;  he  is  still  l^'vincr. 

Settlemyre,  M.  P.,  enlisted  May  24,  '64 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Stine,  Daniel,  enlisted  May  24,  '64. 

Seagle,  H.,  enlisted  May  24,  '64. 

Weaver,  W.,  enlisted  May  21,  '64.     (See  sketch.) 


WILLIAM     WEAVER 

In  the  year  1864,  on 
the  morning  of  Dec. 
25th,  we  were  ordered 
to  Fort  Fisher.  The 
Federal  army  opened 
fire  on  us  at  nine  o'clock 
in  the  morning.  We  had 
no  protection;  the  fort 
was  full  of  men.  We 
were  face  to  face  with 
our  enemies. 

They  threw  shells  at 
us  fom  nine  o'clock  in 
the  morning  until  three 
in  the  afternoon,  throw- 
ing at  the  rate  of  60  per 
minute.  Some  of  our 
men  lost  their  lives  in 
that  fierce  struggle.  At 
three  o'clock  they  land- 
ed and  then 
fought  with  rifles.  At 
seven  that  night,  we 
were  captured,  and  put 
on  boats.  We  didn't 
see  any    land    for    four 


3« 


THE   CATAWBA    SOLDIER 


days.  We  were  on  our  way  to  Point  Lookout,  where  we  were  put  in 
prison  and  i<ept  there  until  the  surrender. 

Would  like  to  tell  of  all  I  saw  while  in  that  terrible  struggle,  which 
was  certainly  trying.  We  were  taking  our  Christmas  in  trying  to  save 
our  lives,  while  others  were  enjoying  good  warm  firesides  and  we  were 
in  misery  with  cold. 

It  was  hard  for  us  then,  but  I  am  glad  to  ?ay  that  I  am  an  old  Con- 
federate soldier.  The  time  is  coming  when  there  will  not  be  any  left  to 
tell  the  story  of  the  Civil  war,  so  let  us  leave  something  to  perpetuate 
our  memory  when  we  are  gone. 

God  bless  ever  old  Confederate  soldier. 

W  Ikinson,  W.  H.,  enlisted  May  21,  '64;  he  is  still  living. 

Wilkinson,  J.,  enlisted  May  21,  '64. 

Whitaker,  J.  W.,  enlisted  Novembei  16,  '64. 

Whitener,  D.  M.,  enlisted  May  21,  '64. 

Whitener,  L.  S.,  enlisted  May  21,  '64.     (See  sketch.) 

LABON       S.        WHI- 
TENER 

Born  October 31,  1846; 
enlisted  as  a  Junior  Re- 
serve in  Co.  E.  72nd  re- 
giment. He  was  cap- 
tured at  Fort  Fisher, 
Dae.  25th  1864,  and  im- 
prisoned at  Point  Look- 
out, Md.  At  the  close 
of  the  war,  he  married 
Miss  Amanda  Catherine 
Abernethy,  to  which 
union  there  were  born 
15  children— ten  sons 
and  five  daughters  — ten 
of -whom  survive  him. 
He  was  by  trade  a 
blacksmith,  and  was 
foreman  of  the  Pied- 
mont Wagon  Company 
from  its  beginning  to 
his  death — a  period  of 
twenty  years.  He  was 
a  ^devoted  husband,  a 
kind  and  gentle  father. 
By  faith,  he  was  a  Lu- 
theran, a  leading,  influential  member  of  Holy  Trinity  Church.  He  pre- 
ferred church,  service  to  club  service  Vvljich  is  by  no  means  common. 
''Blessed  is  the  man  that  walketh  not  in  the  council  of  the  ungodly;  nor 
standeth  in  the  way  of  sinners;  no  sitteth  in  the  seat  of   the    scornful." 


OF    THE    CIVIL    WAR  339 


SCATTERED   LIST 

The  follo'ving  is  a  Roster  culled  from  the  four  volumes 
of  Moore's  History  of  those  who  enlisted,  or  were  sent  by 
authority  to  other  commands  in  the  State,  and  a  few  who 
were  absent  from  the  State  at  the  time  of  the  outbreak  of 
the  war,  and  enlisted  from  other  states,  and  who,  after  the 
war,  returned  to  their  native  State  and  County. 

We  are  sorry  that  we  got  but  little  data  from  this  list. 
In  this  Roster  will  be  found  many  men  who,  we  doubt  not, 
made  good  records  during  their  term  of  service,  and  after- 
wards returned  and  were  active  in  the  development  of  our 
County,  and  deserve  a  better  record  than  we  are  able  to 
give. 

SEVENTH  REGIMENT 

j   Barger,  Joe,  enlisted  July  7,  '61.      No  further  record  at 

command. 

i   Setzer,  Reuben,  enlisted  June  4,    '61.      Killed   March   14, 

'62  at  Newbern. 

EIGHTH  REGIMENT 

Rogers,  Woodson,  enlisted  March  21,  '62.     We  can  obtain 
nothing  further  of  him. 

BRIM'S  ARTILLERY. 

Abernethy,  Frank,  enlisted  in  March,  '64,  at  the  age  of 
17  years,  in  the  North  Carolina  Cavalry. 

Brown,  S.  C,  enlisted  in  Arkansas ;  he  died  at  Monbo, 
N.  C,  in  1904. 

Bynum,  M.  P.,  enlisted  in  Arkanas;  he  returned  to  North 
Carolina,  and  is  now  living  at  Monbo,  N.  C. 

Cline,  J.  Rome.     (See  sketch  and  photo.) 

Canipe,  John,  enlisted,  and  died  since  the  war. 

Davis,  Fulbright,  was  killed  in  the  wan 

Fulbright,  Mark;  he  died  in  the  war. 

Fulbright,  Max,  enlisted,  and  died  in  the  war. 

Fulbright,  Joseph,  enlisted,  and  died  in  the  war. 


340 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


J.     ROME     CLINE 

J.  Rome  Cline  at  the 
early  age  of  seventeen, 
like  thousands  of  our 
Southern  youth,  laid  a 
side  all  his  private  am- 
bitions, bade  farewell  to 
his  friends  and  loved 
ones,  and  took  up  arms 
to  defend  his  native 
Southland.  Hemarchei 
to  the  great  conflict  i 
defense  of  his  count r 
with  an  undying  devi' 
tion  to  her  flag,  and 
fought  valiantly  for  the 
cause  that  was  espoused 
by  all  the  true  and  tried 
blood  of  the  S.uth. 
Roman  hearts  never 
beat  truer,  nor  did  Spar- 
tan blood  in  acts  evince 
greater  intrepidness  and 
loyalty  for  their  country 
than  did  the  Southern 
boys  who  gathered  arms 
to  defend  her  honor. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  one  of  "The  Boys."  Mr.  Cline  says: 

"I  joined  Company  B.  Second  North  Carolina  cavalry  which  was 
composed  mostly  of  Iredell  men.  Let  me  say  in  their  behalf,  that  they 
were  as  true  in  their  deeds  as  any  company.  ^Soon  after  enlisting.  I  was 
chosen  Orderly  to  Colonel  Clinton  Andrews  and  served  him  in  this  capa- 
city until  he  died  shortly  after  receiving  a  mortal  wound.  As  I  stood  by 
and  saw  his  brave  life  go  out  like  the  candle  before  the  blast,  power- 
less to  aid  him,  my  heart  was  wrung  with  grief  as  I  saw  his  eyes  close 
in  death  and  that  noble  heart  cease  beating  forever.  In  his  death.  I  lost 
a  true  and  tried  friend,  and  the  Army  a  brave  officer. 

I  was  on  the  raid  against  Shei-dian.  who  was  marching  into  Rich- 
mond, in  1864.  in  an  attempt  to  destroy  the  city  and  release  the  Federal 
prisoners  on  Belle  Island.  Also,  I  was  constantly  on  duty  against  Grant 
in  his  campaign  on  the  James  River,  and  was  thtn  tii^rsferred  to  the 
South  side  of  James  river,  operating  on  Grants  left.  In  the  raid  made 
in  the  rear  of  Grant"..-;  lines,  I  assisted  in  capturing  24S6  beeves  below 
City  Point,  and  we  brought  the  entire  herd  of  cattle  into  our    lines. 

My  company  continued  doing  picket  duty  until  Grant  opened  his 
campaign  in  1865  in  which  we  fought  the  battle  of  Chamberlin's  Run. 
Here  we  were  placed  close  to  the  ford  of  the  creek  awaiting  the  coming 


OF  THE  CIVIL   WAR  341 

of  General  Custer  from  a  prominent  location  overlooking  the  lines.  Out 
before  us  could  be  seen  thousands  of  troops.  Then  our  company  was 
dismounted,  and  we  waded  the  creek,  which  was  badly  swollen,  and  we 
had  a  severe  engagement  that  day,  in  which  our  loss  was  very  heavy 
both  in  officers  and  men.  My  comrade,  I.  R.  Abernethy,  was  wounded 
in  that  engagement.  That  evening  we  ran  the  enemy  two  miles  and  sat 
in  our  saddles  all  night,  awaiting  any  emergencies  that  might    develop. 

I  was  also  in  the  battle  at  Five  Forks  and  participated  in  an  engage- 
ment at  Namozine  Church  where  the  Yankees  thoroughly  routed  us  by 
overwhelmning  numbers  after  which  our  forces  were  never  reorganized. 
Here,  General  Barringer  and  various  other  officers  were  captured.  In 
this  engagement  oua  colorbearer.  Arthur  Ramsey,  one  of  the  brave 
boys  in  an  effect  to  restore  the  chaotic  conditions,  carried  the  flag  to 
General  Roberts  and  said,  "Major,  will  you  stand  by  the  flag"?  Every- 
thing was  demoralized,  so  much  so  that  Major  Roberts  replied, 
"Ramsey,  d—  the  flag,  I  don't  want  it" 

In  the  coming  years,  when  all  of  us  of  the  Southern  Army  have 
joined  that  army  that  will  march  on  and  on  through  Time  eternal  and  as 
our  posterity  shall  look  upon  the  history  of  the  Sons  of  the  South  who 
fought  during  that  sanguinary  conflict,  they  can  know  that,  in  their 
forefathers,  there  coursed  the  blood  of  those  who  were  as  brave  as  any 
who  ever  dared  and  died. 

Johnson,  David;  he  is  still  living, 

Ritchie,  John ;  he  was  killed  in  the  war. 

Sherrill,  W.  B.,  enlisted  in  a  Texas  Cavalry;  he  died  in 
April,  1901. 

Smyre,  Frank,  enlisted  in  South  Carolina ;  he  held  a  com- 
mission ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Wilfong,  Charles,  was  made  1st  Lieutenant  in  the  Junior 
Reserves  of  the  72nd  Regiment;  he  joined  Miller's  Cavalry 
at  the  close  of  the  war;  he  was  captured  at  Lenoir,  N.  C, 
and  carried  t6  Camp  Chase,  Ohio,  where  he  died. 

Wilfong,  G.  Henry,  enlisted  in  a  Texas  Cavalry;  he  died 
some  years  ago. 

Wilfong,  John  M.,  Lieutenant;  enlisted  in  a  Tennessee 
Cavalry.     (See  sketch.) 

WiLfong,  V.  P.,  enlisted  in  a  Texas  Artillery;  he  went 
West  after  the  close  of  the  war,  where  he  has  since  died. 

Parlier,  J.  B.,  enlisted  in  Company  B.,  70th  Regiment, 
(See  sketch.) 

Lael,  Adolphus  B.     (See  sketch.) 

Sherrill,  William  B.,  enlisted  in  the  6th  South  Carolina 
Regiment.        ^  .    . 


842 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


JOHN    MACON     WIL- 
FONG 

John  Macon  Wilfong, 
3rd  son  of  John  Wilfong 
and  Lavinia  Summey, 
was  born  on  Sept.  6th, 
1837,  at  hte  "Rock 
House,"  he  ancestral 
home  of  the  Wilfongsof 
Catawba  County,    N.  C. 

He  went  to  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.,  in  1856  and 
engaged  in  business.  On 
Sept.  6th,  1859,  he  was 
married  to  Susan  Aber- 
nethy,  also  of  Catawba 
County,  N.  C. 

At  the  beginning  of 
the  Civil  War,  he  enlist- 
ed at  Memphis,  Tenn., 
under  Gen.  Forest. 
He  belonged  to  the 
Cavalry,  and  later  was 
made  first  Lieutenant 
He  served  throughout 
the  war. 

In  1870,  he  moved    to 
Sedalia,  Mo.,  where  he  lived  until  his  death,  March  5th,  1875. 
Of  this  union,  his  wife  and  three  children  survive. 

Connor,  Ro$well  P.,  enlisted  in  the  6th  North  Carolina 
Regiment.     (See  sketch.) 

Lowrance,  Alfred  A. 

Witherspoon,  Manse,  enlisted  in  an  Iredell  County  Com- 
pany ;  he  died  at  Manassas. 

Killian,  A.  A.,  enlisted  in  the  Palmetto  Sharpshooters. 
<See  sketch.) 

Killian,  D.  E.,  enlisted  in  the  Palmetto  Sharpshooters. 

Settlemyre,  Julius,  enlisted  in  the  Spartanburg  Rifles ;  he 
is  still  living. 

Hunsucker,  Abel,  enlisted  in    the    5th    South    Carolina 
Regiment;  he  io  still  living. 

Hunsucker,  Martin. 

IITH  REGIMENT,  BETHEL. 

Hahn,  C.  S.     (See  sketch.) 


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343 


J.  B.  PARLIER 


I  was  seventeen  years 
old  when  I  was  forced 
to  join,  being  the  last 
year  of  the  war.  Our 
Captain  (Stevenson) 
ordered  us  to  go  to  Camp 
Vance.  There  we  were 
drilled  for  three  weeks. 
General  Kirk  captured 
us  and  sent  us  to  winter 
quarters.  Late  one 
evening,  Gen.  Kirk  or- 
dered us  out,  burning 
down  the  headquarters; 
also  the  depot. 

We  were  then  sent  in 
a  north  direction,  com- 
ing to  the  Catawba 
river,  where  14  of  us 
boys  crossed  the  river  in 
a  bateau, all  at  the  same 
time.  It  was  about  12 
o'clock  at  night  when 
we  crossed.  Kirk  took 
us  up  o:i  a  high  ridge, 
keeping  us  there  a 
night,  being  guarded  by  Kirk's  men. 

The  next  morning  when  we  started  to  move,  there  were  28  Indians 
with  Kirk,  two  Indians,  to  every  twelve  of  us  boys,  in  the  line  behind 
to  guard  us.  We  were  again  marched  up  on  a  high  plane,  Kirk  riding 
back,  giving  orders  to  the  Indians  if  any  of  us  boys  left  the  road  three 
steps,  to  shoot  us  down.  (Kirk  was  looking  for  the  State  Guards  to  attack 
him.)  We  had  not  gone  very  far  when  the  Militia  began  on  us.  Here 
old  Major  Kirk  was  wounded;  Here  we  all  fled  and  ran  upon  a  mountain, 
and  here  I  go  away.  I  went  home,  staying  about  a  month  and  a  half. 
When  we  went  back,  we  were  sent  to  Salisbury;  there  I  guarded  the 
Yankees  during  three  weeks'  garrison.  The  next  time  we  moved,  we 
went  to  Fort  Fisher;  here  we  fought  three  days.  Here,  they  told  me, 
260  shells  fell  in  one  minute,  the  Yankees  firing  with  shot  and  shell  in 
every  direction.  We  were  on  the  Island,  i  being  one  and  a  half  miles 
wide. 

Null,  John  T.,  enlisted  March  30,  '62. 
Holsclaw,  R.,  enlisted  August  14,  '62. 


344 


THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER   OF 


ADOLPHUS  D.     LAIL 

Adolphus  D.  Lail,  Mark 
Pope,  Raneus  Pope, 
Adley  Hollar,  Ncah 
McGee  and  Martin  Hun- 
sucker  all  from  Catawba 
County  N.  C,  while 
working:  in  South  Car 
olina,  volunteered  and 
joined  the  5th  and  6th 
S.  C.  Regiments. 

Adolphas  D.  Lail 
volunteered  the  first 
day  of  April  1861  and 
joined  the  6th  South 
Carolina  Regiment.  He 
was  at  the  bombardment 
of  Fort  Sumpter.  Then 
he  was  transferred  to 
the  army  of  Northern 
Virginia  in  time  to  par- 
ticipate in  the  first  bat- 
tle of  Manassas.  He 
was  with  the  army  of 
Virginia  in  the  Mary- 
land campaign  in  1862, 
and  was  at  the  battle  of 

Fredricksburg.  Then  he  went  with  Longstreets  corps  and  was  in  the 
battle  of  Chickamagua  in  1863.  Then  rejoined  the  army  in  Virginia  in 
time  to  paiticipat?  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  also  the  ergagtmcnt 
at  Spotsylvania  Court  House,  and  was  at  the  entire  seige  of  Petersburg. 
He  was  captured  twice,  first  when  wounded  at  Williamsburg  he  was 
taken  a  prisoner  and  carried  to  Washington  and  exchanged.  The  next 
time  he  was  captured  on  the  retreat  from  Richmond  to  Appomattox,  on 
the  7th  of  April,  1865,  and  then  taken  to  Newport  News  as  a  prisoner. 
He  was  wounded  three  times,  first  at  Williamsburg,  next  at  Sharps- 
burg,  and  lastly  at  Spottsylvania  Court  House.  He  came  home  and  has 
f  jllowad  the  pursuit  of  agriculture,  living  the  life  of  a  worthy  citizen. 
(The  above  picture  is  that  of  P.  C.  Lail  and  not  Adolphus.  The  picture 
of  Adolphus  appears  in  another  company  with  the  sketch  of  P.  C.  Lail. 
We  are  very  sorry  of  this  error,  but  it  came  to  our  notice  too  late  for 
correction.)  —Author. 

12TH  REGIMENT. 

Miller,  A.  P.,  enlisted  irom  Newton  with  the  17-year-old 
boys  in  Company  F.,  12th  Regiment ;  he  was  a  good  soldier ; 
he  is  living  in  Kansas,  and  doing  well. 


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345 


R.  P.  CONNOR 

Rowell  P.  Connor  en- 
listed for  services  dur- 
ing April  1861  in  a  Com- 
pany from  Burke 
County,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Company  D.  6th 
North  Carolina  Regi- 
ment, which  was  or- 
ganized at  the  Company 
Shops,  now  Burlington, 
N.  C.  He  was  orderly 
Sergeant  of  the  Com- 
pany during  the  whole 
period  of  his  service, 
From  Burlington  they 
went  to  Raleigh  to  Win- 
chester Virginia,  and 
then  down  to  the  first 
battle  of  Manassas  in 
which  they  participated. 
He  then  went  with  his 
Company  to  Richmond 
and  participated  in  the 
seven  days  Fight.  From 
there  they  marched  to 
the  second  battle  of 
Manassas  in  which  he  was  killed. 

Catawba  County  gave  to  the  Confederate  army  several  hundred 
magnificent  soldiers,  and  from  among  this  number  the  name  of  Rowell 
P.  Connor  stands  out  preemimently  as  one  of  the  best  and  bravest.  In 
the  very  prime  of  young  manhood,  he  was  killed  in  defending  the  homes 
and  hearthstones  of  his  own  people. 

Towering  monuments  nor  earthly  restitution  can  ever  recompense 
them,  but  as  long  as  there  is  a  true  Southern  heart,  the  names  and  deeds 
of  such  as  the  above  will  live  in  memory,  imperishable  as  the  stars. 

Miller,  G.  P.,  enlisted  from  Newton  in  the  12th  Regi- 
ment, with  the  17-year-old  boys;  he  was  a  faithful  soldier, 
and  after  the  surrender,  he  moved  to  Kansas,  where  he 
now  lives. 

Propst,  J.  H.,  enlisted  June  17,  62  in  Company  C,  12th 
Regiment. 

Brock,  H.  N.,  enlisted  in  May,  '64  in  Company  — ,  12th 
Regiment. 


346 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


ALFRED  A.  KILLIAN 

I  was  born  April  17th, 
1836,  near  Startown, 
was  reared  in  this 
county  on  the  farm, 
until  1854.  I  then  went 
to  South  Carolina  to 
work  at  the  Carpenters' 
trade.  I  was  there  when 
the  war  commenced.  I 
enlisted  in  Co.  A.  5th 
S.  C.  Regiment.,  which 
left  Union,  S.  C,  on 
April  9th,  1861. 

We  got  to  Charleston 
just  in  time  to  hear 
them  salute  their  colors, 
as  they  were  taking 
them  down  at  the  time 
of  the  Surrendar  of 
Fort  Sumpter.  We  were 
on  Sullivan's  Island 
about  two  months;  then 
we  went  to  Virginia  and 
were  in  the  first  and 
second  battles  of  Manas- 
sas, or   Bull    run;    then 

the  Seven  Pines;  then  the  Seven  Days'  Battle  around  Richmond,  and 
many  others— about  thirty  in  all,  — besides  skirmishes  and  bombard- 
ments. I  was  in  all  the  battles  that  my  regiment  was  and  never  wound- 
ed once. 

At  the  Battle  of  Gains  Mill,  or  Cold  Harbor,  after  a  hard  battle, 
we  broke  through  the  Yankee  lines  and  passed  the  16th  Michigan  Regi- 
ment. They  rolled  up  their  co  lars  and  undertook  to  march  out  refusing 
to  unfurl  their  colors.  We  fired  into  them  and  killed  and  wounded  the 
whole  regiment,  except  about  20.  We  heard  nothing  more  from  that 
regiment  until  the  surrender,  when  we  stacked  our  arms  in  front  of 
them  at  Appomattox. 

I  knew  one  young  man  who  went  into  one  of  these  Bomb  Proofs  at 
Petersburg  the  night  of  the  Blow  Up.  He  wasn't  near  enough  to  be 
blown  up,  but  the  dirt  fell  all  over  him  and  covered  him.  He  heard  a 
dim  noise  like  shouting;  he  indertook  to  get  out,  but  could  not.  He  took 
his  bayonet  and  dug  until  he  could  see  the  Yankee  troops;  then  he  pulled 
back  and  waited  until  they  were  driven  away.     Then  he  came  out. 

We  went  through  some  of  the  hardest  battles  in  Virginia.  The 
reason  the  Union  army  could  not  get  to  Richmond  in  '62,  was:    Because 


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347 


they  had— a  Lane  to  go  through;  a  Branch  to  cross;  two  Hills  to  climb  a 
Picket  to  pass;  a  rough  Field  to  get  over,  and  a  Long  street  to  reach 
the  end  of.  With  all  this  trouble  in  front  and  a  Stonewall  in  the  rear, 
they  had  to  take  to  the  James  river. 

CHRISTIAN  S.  HAHN 
.  Christian  S.  Hahn 
enlisted  in  the  11th 
feethel  Regiment  under 
Capr.  Haynes  in  1862 
When  quite  a  boy,  he 
entered  the  tannery  at 
Lincolnton,  N.  C,  where 
he  served  as  an  appren- 
tice, from  which  place 
he  enlisted.  He  was 
severely  wounded  in  four 
places  at  the  battle  of 
Gettysburg,  and  mained 
for  life.  Immediately 
after  the  war,  he  went 
west  to  Missouri  and 
went  into  business,  at 
which  place  he  married. 
He  raised  a  large  family 
of  unusually  intelligent 
children,  all  of  whom  are 
doing  well.  After  the 
death  of  his  wife,  his 
health,  which  was  never 
good,  commenced  to  fail 
rapidly,  and  although  he 

went  from  place  to  place  in  hopes  of  gaining  strength,  he  continued  to 
grow  worse,  and  in  1908,  he  quietly  fell  asleep, -the  sleep  that  knows  no 
waking.     He  was  a  good,  quiet  Christian  man. 

"Soldier,  Rest!  Thy  warfare'  o'er, 

Sleep  the  sleep  that  knows  no  breaking; 

Dream  of  battle  fields  no  more, 

Days  of  danger-nights  of  waking." 

Chapman,  W.  L.,  enlisted  in  April,  '61 ;  he  was  promoted 
1st  Sergeant,  and  was  once  wounded. 

Huffman,  A.  F.,  enlisted  April  1,  '64  in  Company  F., 
]2th  Regiment. 

Home,  W.  W.,  enlisted  in  April,  V4  in  Company  E.,  12th 
"Regiment. 

Ingold,  F.  F.,  enlisted  March  24,  '64;  he  was  wounded 
May  9,  '64. 


348 


THE   CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


FRANKLIN     SETZER 

The  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  in  that 
section  bf  Lincoln  which 
was  afterward  formed 
into  Catawba  county. 
He  came  of  that  sturdy 
Dutch  stock  which,  then 
as  now,  made  up  a  larg-e 
portion  of  its  citizens. 
He  voted  against  seces- 
sion, the  Wi  iter  of  this 
sketch  having  often 
heard  him  make  men- 
tion of  that  fact.  He 
joined  the  Army  of  the 
Confederacy  as  a  pri- 
vate in  1863,     becoming 

member  of  Company 
"D"  49th  Regiment 
North  Carolina  Cavalry, 
and  remained  in  the  ser- 
vicb  till  the  close  of  the 
wai*.  His  first  service 
was  in  the  mountains  of 
Western  North  Carolina 
and     East     Tennessee. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  reminiscenses  the  writer  ever  heard  him  re- 
late was  one  of  the  capture,  in  East  Tennessee  mountains,  of  a  Scouting 
party  of  which  he  was  a  member  and  which  was  commanded  by  General 
Robert  Vance. 

The,  scouting  party  had  gone  from  Ashevilleto  Seviersville,  in  Sevier 
county,  Tennessee,  where  they  captured  a  train  of  wagons  and  their 
drivers.  On  their  return  trip,  they  were  pursued  and  overtaken  by 
Federal  soldiers,  who  greatly  outnumbered  the  scouting  party.  After  a 
stubborn  resistance  of  a  few  moments  duration,  it  was  seen  that  the  only 
way  to  escape  certain  death  or  capture  was  in  fli4ht.  The  Yankeys  re- 
t\)ok  all  the  scouting  party  had  captured  the  day  before  in  men  and 
booty,  save  one  man,  who  with  Franklin  Setzer  and  six  of  his  comrades, 
escaped  up  the  side  of  a  steep,  rugged  mountain.  In  addition,  about 
forty  members  of  the  scouting  party  were  taken  prisoners,  among  which 
number  was  General  Vance. 

Immediately  following  th£  above  incident,  he  was  orderedto  Raleigh, 
and  in  the  spring  of  1864  was  sent  into  Virginia,  and  took  part  in  the 
s,trife  on  the  bloody  battle  fields  about  Richmond,  Petersburg^  Drury's 
Bluff  and  others  memorable  for  the  slaughter  of  thousands,  and  as  mark- 
ing the  closing  scenes  of  the  war. 


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349 


He  was  scrupulously  honest,  an  uncompromising  Baptist,  and  a  life- 
Ion?  D3mocrat.  The  old  soldier  no,v  peacefully  sleeps  on  the  hill-top, 
overlooking  the  acres  for  which  he  toiled. 

GEO.  W.  COCHRAN 

Among  the  thousands 
of  young  men  who  re- 
sponded to  the  call  of 
the  South  in  the  sixties 
were  four  brothers  from 
Catawba  county:  — Wil- 
liam, George  Washing- 
ton Francis  Marion  and 
John  T.  Cochran,  sons 
of  Daniel  Cochran,  who 
was  in  turn  the  son  of 
Daniel  Cochran,  a  sold- 
ier of  the  Revolution. 
William  and  John  enlist- 
ed in  the  cavalry;  Geo. 
W.  and  Francis  M.  join- 
ed the  infantry.  The 
first  two  came  through 
the  war  uninjured,  but 
George  W.  lost  a  leg 
and  Francis  M.  was 
killed  at  the  battle  of 
Chancellorsville,  and  his 
body  never  seen.  These 
two  were  twins  and  the 
unspeakable  grief  of  the 
surviving  one  may  be  imagined. 

Whan  thi  war  broke  oat,  Gaorge  W.  was  serving  an  apprenticeship 
with  the  late  Daniel  Finger,  at  his  tanyard  in  Lincoln  county;  and  until 
Mr.  Finger  released  him,  he  could  not  enlist.  As  nocompany  was  form- 
ing in  Catawba  at  the  time  of  his  release,  he  and  his  twin  brother  join- 
ed an  Alexander  company,  at  Statesville,  and  became  members  of  Com- 
pany G,  37th  North  Carolina  Volunteers,  about  the  1st  of  October,  186L 
Their  age  was  21  years.  They  took  their  baptism  of  fire  at  New  Berne, 
and  until  Chancellorsville  served  faithfully  and  bravely.  There  one  met 
a  soldier's  death,  breast  to  the  foe,  and  the  other  lost  his  leg. 

For  11  years  after  the  war,  he  suffered  from  his  wounds,  but  even- 
tually recovered.  He  served  16  years  as  register  of  deeds  of  Catawba 
county,  and  was  honored  and  esteemed  by  his  fellow  citizens  for  his 
generous  and  kindly  disposition  and  his  sterling  honesty.  He  married 
Miss  Laura  Puette  of  Caldwell  county  and  reared  a  family  of  seven 
children.  March  15,  1908.  he  passed  away  at  his  home  in  Newton,  and 
was  buried  in  that  town. 


350 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


He  was  born  September  3,  1840.  in  Stokes  (now  Yadkin)  county, 
where  his  grandfather  settled  when  he  moved  from  London  County,  Va. 
In  1850  his  father  moved  to  the  Perkins  "Brick  House"  place,  on  the 
Catawba  river,  three  milas  from  ths  town  of  Catawba,  and  there  the 
family  lived  until  the  children  were  grown  and  were  married. 

T.  B.  LITTEN 
T.  B.  Litten,  5th  Ca- 
lvary, left  North  Car- 
olina in  the  year  1859, 
and  went  to  Missouri. 
In  May  1861.  he  entered 
service  in  Co.  B.  under 
Capt.  Jackson,  the  Com- 
pany belonging  to  the 
4th  Missouri  Regiment, 
commanded  by  Briga- 
dier Jeff.  Thompson. 
He  received  a  discharge 
and  came  back  to  North 
Carolina  and  went  into 
service  in  the  above 
named  Company  and 
Regiment  In  1862,  where 
he  served  faithfully  and 
bravely  until  the  sur- 
render. He  was,  during 
the  service,  a  good  deal 
of  his  time,  a  scout  and 
Courier  for  Gen.  Barr- 
inner  and  others. 

In  the    raid    of    Jack 
Shops,  his  command  was 

ordered  to  charge  and  he  being  ahead  of  the  rest,  ran  upon  five  Yankees 
whom  he  ordered  to  surrender;  they  threw  down  their  guns  and  he  pick- 
ed them  up,  marched  them  back,  and  turned  them  over  to  the  Infantry, 
and  then  turned  and  joined  his  command.  When  he  captured  them, 
there  were  none  of  his  command  in  sight. 

At  another  time,  while  out  on  a  scout  for  Gen.  Barringer,  he  saw 
two  Yankees  enter  a  house,  and  he  put  spurs  to  his  horse,  ran  up  to  the 
house  and  ordered  them  to  surrender,  which  they  did.  He  then  took 
them  back  to  Gen.  Barringer's  Headquarters.  For  this  brave  act,  the 
General  gave  him  a  furlough. 

At  other  times  'vhile  scouting,  he  was  in  some  very  close  places, 
but  was  successful  m  getting  through  with  but  a  very  slight  wound; but 
he  never  left  the  field  until  the  surrender. 

He  was  a  brave  and  fearless  soldier.  He  was  in  all  the  battles 
that  his  command  was  in  from  beginning  to  end. 

He  is  still  living,  and  is  a  good  citizen.     May  he  live  long. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


351 


J.  A.  ROBINSON 

Ex-Sheriff,  J.  A.  Rob- 
inson, one  of  the  coun- 
ty's best  and  most  wide- 
ly known  citizens,  died 
at  his  home  here  early 
Tuesday  morning.  He 
had  been  in  feeble  health 
for  sometime,  but  was 
confined  to  his  bed  only 
since  Saturday  after- 
noon. 

John  Alfred  Robinson 
was  a  member  of  the 
noted  Robinson  family 
which  has  been  conspici- 
ous  for  the  number  of 
prominent  men  and  good 
women  it  has  furnished 
to  Lincoln  and  Catawba 
Counties  during  the  last 
century.  Some  months 
ago  we  published  an  in- 
teresting sketch  of  this 
noted  family,  written 
by  Mr.  Yoder,  the  Ca- 
tawba county  philosopher  and  historian. 

Mr.  Robinson  was  born  in  Lincoln  county,  north  of  Reepsville,  Oc- 
tober 29,  1832.  In  his  early  manhood  he  taught  for  sometime  in  this 
and  Catawba  counties.  He  spent  two  years  in  Alabama  just  before  the 
war.  When  the  war  between  the  States  was  declared,  he  returned  to 
North  Carolina,  and  volunteered  in  Co.  E,  32  Reg.  of  Catawba  county  of 
which  Cheswell  Wilson  was  Captain,  and  was  promoted  to  1st  Lieuten- 
ant. The  hardships  of  camp  and  field  life  were  too  great  for  him  and 
his  health  gave  away.  He  was  sent  home  on  sick  leave  and  finally  was 
honorably  discharged  on  account  of  ill-health.  His  health,  however, 
improved  and  he  again  volunteered  and  served  until  the  surrender.  He 
made  a  splendid  record  as  a  soldier.  He  was  brave  and  gallant  and 
faithful  and,  as  one  of  his  comrades  remarked  to  The  Journal  the  day 
he  died,  "he  was  one  of  the  best  soldiers  in  the  Confederate  army." 

Returning  home  after  the  war,  he  engaged  in  teaching  and  followed 
that  profession  until  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  this  county  in  1872.  He 
was  the  first  Democratic  sheriff  elected  in  Lincoln  county  after  the  war, 
and  defeated  sheriff  King,  an  unusually  strong  man,  in  one  of  the  most 
exciting  campaigns  the  county  ever  had.  He  served  as  sheriff  for  four 
terms— from  1872  to  1880— and  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  County 
Commissioners  both  before  and  after  his  term  as  sheriff,  and  his   record 


352  THE  CATAWBA   SOLDIER 

is  that  of  one  of  the  best,  most  efficient  and  faithful  officers  the  county 
ever  had.  While  sheriff  he  had  many  exciting  experiences  in  breaking 
up  gangs  of  rowdies  and  law-breakers,  but  his  fearlessness  and  energy 
soon  ridded  the  county  of  these  toughs. 

After  his  term  as  sheriff  he  engaged  in  merchandising  for  a  short 
time,  but  for  a  number  of  years  before  his  death  ill-health  forced  him  to 
retire  from  active  business. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Nancy  F.  Rhodes,  of  this  county,  on  Dec- 
ember 17,  1865,  and  she  with  the  four  sons  born  to  them  survive  him. 
Of  these  sons,  Robert  B.  Robinson  is  a  prominent  business  man  in 
Dallas,  Texas;  Henry  t^.  Robinson  is  one  of  Lincolton's  leading  mer- 
chants; David  W.  Robinson  is  one  of  the  leading  lawyers  of  this 
judicial  district,  and  Charles  E.  Robinson  is  a  prominent  business  man 
at  Hiltmore,  occupying  a  responsible  position  in  the  management  of  the 
great  Vanderbilt  estate  — all  of  them  useful,  influential  and  respected 
men. 

Mr.  Robinson  was  laid  to  rest  Wednesday  in  the  churchyard  at 
Daniel's,  of  which  church  he  was  a  member,  and  notwithstanding  the 
inclemency  of  the  weather,  a  large  concourse  of  friends  were  present. 
Rev.  R.  A.  Yoder,  of  Hickory,  conducted  the  services. 

Sheriff  Robinson  was  distinguished  for  his  candor  and  courage.  He 
was  an  uncompromising  Democrat  and  and  an  indefatigable  party 
worker.  He  was  a  good  man,  a  useful  citizen,  a  faithful  public  servant, 
a  brave  soldier  and  a  kind  husband  and  father.  We  tender  our  sympa- 
thy to  the  bereaved  housahold.  — The  Lincoln  Journal,  Nov.  18,  1910. 

Miller,  A.  P.,  enlisted  April  12,  '64  in  Company  E.,  12th 
Regiment. 

Miller,  Robert,  enlisted  April  12,  '64  in  Company  E.,  12th 
Regiment. 

Moose,  G.  R.,  enlisted  April  12,  '64. 

Scronce,  George,  enlisted  March  12,  '64. 

Webb,  P.  P.,  enlisted  April  5,  '64  in  Company  E.,  12th 
Regiment. 

Wycoff,  J.  L.,  enlisted  March  12,  '64  in  Company  E.,  12th 
Regiment. 

18th  REGIMENT. 

Beattie,  Calvin,  enlisted  August  14,  '62 ;  he  was  wounded 
September  17,  '63  at  Sharpsburg;  we  have  no  further  news 
of  him. 

Beattie,  Wilburn,  enlisted  August  14,  '62, 

Beattie,  Cephas,  enlisted  August  14,  '62 ;  he  was  made 
prisoner  on  May  12,  '64. 

Barkley,  John,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  we  have 
no  further  information  concerning  him.  "'"■' 


OF  THE  CIVIL   WAR 


353 


JOHN    T.      COCHRAN 

John  T.  Cochran  was 
born  at  the  old  homj- 
place  in  Y&dkin  in  1846. 
He  volunteered  before 
he  was  18  years  old  and 
joined  a  company  sta- 
tioned at  Camp  Vance, 
in  which  his  brother, 
L.  William  Cochran  was 
first  Lieutenant.  The 
company  operated  in 
Western  North  Carolina 
hunting  deserters  and 
bushwhackers  until  1864 
when  it  was  ordered  to 
Raleigh.  It  was  then 
disbanded  and  assigned 
to  the  Army  of  North- 
ern Virginia.  The  two 
brothers  joined  the  First 
North  Carolina  Cavalry, 
Company  D,  then  stati- 
oned near  Petersburg. 
From  then  on  both 
calvarymen  had  all  they 
wanted  of  war  and  came 

home  after  the  surrender  fully  convinced  that  what  Sherman  said  abont 
war  was  not  exaggerated.  Numerous  tragic  and  humorous  incidents 
might  be  related  from,  their  experiences.  John  T.  Cochran  married 
Miss  Dorcas  L.  Sherrill  in  1869,  and  one  child,  now  Mrs.  Beulah  Hill, 
blessed  their  union.     Mr.  Cochran  now  lives  at  Leslie,  S.  C. 

His  brother,  L.  W.  Cochran,  the  oldest  of  the  family,  married  Miss 
Mary  Jane  Reinhardt,  and  five  boys  were  born  to  them.  More  than  20 
years  ago  they  moved  to  the  state  of  Washington,  where  Mrs.  Cochran 
died.  Now  more  than  four  score  years,  the  old  soldier  lives  quietly  in 
his  adopted  home,  far  from  the  scenes  of  his  youth  rnd  the  battle  fields^ 
where  he  fought  bravely  for  the  "cause  of  the  storm  cradled  nation  that 
fell." 

It  is  with  a  thrill  of  pride  that  the  children  of  these  three  soldiers 
and  the  relatives  of  the  one  buried  in  an  unknown  Virginia  grave,  remem- 
ber that  not  one  of  them  ever  shirked  a  duty  as  a  soldier,  and  that  all 
four  fought  for  Dixie  until  death  or  wounds  came  or  until  General  Lea 
surrendered.  And  after  the  war,  the  three  surs-ivors  did  their  duty  as 
citizens  and  earnest  laborers  in  the  upbuilding  of  the  South  as  they  had 
when  they  fought  against  the  Army  of  the  Potomac. 


354 


TIE   CATAWBA  SOLE  lER 


JOHN  JOHNSON 

I  left  home  August 
-n  I.  1862,  arriving  at 
Statesviile,  N.  C,  on 
the  3rd.  I  was  drilled 
there  for  two  weeks  in 
Co.  A.  18  Rfgirctnt  ard 
went  from  there  direct 
to  Richmond.  Memor- 
anda from  this  time 
until  October  12th,  is 
lost,  and  I  cannot  give 
details  from  memory. 
On  October  12th,  we  re- 
crossed  the  Potomac, 
having,  in  the  mean- 
time, taken  part  in  the 
capture  of  Harper's 
Ferry.  I  was  in  the 
fights  of  Sharpsburg, 
and  Shepards  t  ow  n. 
Frazier's  Farm,  Ma- 
lvern Hill,  Manassas 
Junction,  Hagerstown, 
Antietam  and  Frede- 
ricksburg. I  was  also 
in  the  battle  of  Chancel- 

lorsville;  but  was  sick  in  the  hospital  at  Lynchburg  during  the  fight  at 
Gettysburg.  On  my  recovery,  I  took  part  in  the  Wilderness  fight.  V^  as 
also  in  the  fights  at  Turkey  Ridge,  Spottsylvania  and  at  Petersburg. 
After  this  date,  I  was  not  in  any  other  important  engagement,  and  sur- 
rendered with  the  original  command  at  Appomattox. 

Bandy,  H.  L.,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  was  missing 
August  16,  '64. 

Barringer,  H.  A.,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  died  in  No- 
vember, '62. 

Crawford,  R.  A.,  enlisted  August  14,  '62 ;  he  was  missing 
in  the  latter  part  of  '62. 

Bellinger,  J,  J.,  enh'sted  August  14,  '62. 

(Many  of  the  above  Company  were  from  our  community, 
and  soon  after  the  assignment  to  the  18th  Regiment,  they 
were  ushered  into  the  Maryland  campaign,  and  were  unable 
to  endure  its  hardships.) 

Deal,  Jacob,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  died  during  the 


war. 


OF  THE   CIVIL  WAR 


355 


CAPTAIN  JOSEPH 
MEHEFFY  BOST 

The  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  born  near 
Newton,  N.  C.  Bost 
moved  to  Spartanburg, 
S.  C.  Previous  to  the 
Civil  war,  he  had  a  nice 
home,  and  good  busi- 
ness. The  war  came  on 
in  1861;  he  volunteered, 
and  soon  became  Capt. 
of  the  Morgan  Rifles, 
and  his  Co.  was  attach- 
ed to  the  "Holcomb  Le- 
gion," and  for  sometime 
was  in  the  army  of 
Tenn.,  but  later  was 
transferred  to  the  army 
of  Northern  Va.  Capt. 
Bost  was  always  at  the' 
post  of  duty.  From 
Vicksburg  to  Sharps- 
burg  where  he  was 
wounded,  he  marched 
with  his  brave  men  from 
place  to  place  until  near  ' 

Petersburg,  Va.  on  June  the  29th  1864,  he  received  a  wound  from  which 
he  died  on  July  1st,  1864;  his  brave  spiiit  left  the  body  and  entered 
into  the  eternal  camping  ground  beyond.  His  army  comrades  sent  his 
body  to  Newton,  N.  C,  and  it  was  buried  in  the  Cemetery  there.  His 
property  was  sacrificed  for  confederate  money,  and  what  his  widow  en- 
dured is  sufl[icient  to  place  her  name  along  with  the  bravest  of  soldiers. 
J.W.Garrett,  a  soldier  in  Capt.  B's.  Co  says;  "Capt.  J.  M.  Bost  a  brave 
true,  and  loveable  man"  on  the  R.  R.  to  Petersburg  fell  at  his  post." 
That  is  eulogy  enough. 

Deal,  William,  enlisted  August  14,  '62 ;  he  died  in  the  war. 

Deal,  Quinnon,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  died  during 
the  war. 

Fisher,  Barnett,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  died  Novem- 
ber 18,  '62,  (We  are  informed  by  witnesses  that,  as  a 
punishment  for  being  sick,  he  was  made  to  stand  upon  a 
stump,  from  which  he  fell  dead.  As  a  general  rule,  our 
officers  were  kind  and  merciful  towards  their  men,  but  we 
had  tyrants,  and  here  is  an  example.) 


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OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR 


357 


D.  A.   LANIER 

D.  A.  Lanier  enlisted 
in  Co.  E.  58th  Regiment 
N.  C.  Troops.  He  was 
a  faithful  soldier.  Ht 
was  wounded  twice;  once 
in  the  battle  of  Chica- 
mauga  Creek,  and  again 
in  front  of  Atlanta,  Ga. 
His  last  wound  caused  a 
lameness,  from  which 
he  has  suffered  ever 
since. 

He  was  honorably  dis- 
chai'ged  from  the  field 
services,  but  remained 
in  the  Confederate  ser- 
vice in  the  Medical  de- 
partment until  the  war 
closed. 

He  was  one  of  six 
.brothers,  four  of  whom 
were  lost  in  the  war. 
He  has  taught  school, 
and  been  preaching  in 
the  M.  E.  Church  for  a 
number  of  years. 

His  modesty  forbids  his  own  write  up. 
He  returned  home  June  20,  1865,  and  is  one  of  our  best  citizens. 

Hawn,  Joseph,  enlisted  August  14,  '62 ;  he  died  since  tho 
war, 

Huntley,  J,  H.  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  was  found  to 
be  missing. 

Hull,  M.  F.,  enlisted  August  14,  "62;  he  was  wounded 
]May  2,  '62 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Herman.  M.  M.,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  died  durhi.c;- 
the  war. 

Herman,  Benjamin,  enlisted  August  14,  '62 ;  he  died  No- 
vember 2,  '62. 

Huffman,  S.  A.,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  died  but 
recently. 

Holler,  Lawson,  enlisted  October  5,  '64;  we  have  no  fur- 
ther account  of  him. 


358 


THE   CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


WALLACE  P.  SHU- 
FORD 

Wallace  P.  Shuford 
was  born  Nov.  7th  1842 
in  Catawba  county, 
N.  C. 

He  enlisted  in  Co.  B. 
42  Regiment.  He  was 
engaged  in  the  following 
battles — Burmuda  Hun- 
dreds, second  Coal  Har- 
bor, Siege  of  Peters- 
burg, second  battle  of 
Kingston,  Fort  Fisher 
and  Bentonville. 

He  surrendered  at 
High  Point  under  Gen. 
Joe  C.  Johnson  April  6, 
LS65. 

Soon  after  his  return 
home,  he  married  Emma 
E.  Ramsour,  Oct.  8, 
1866,  and  moved  to  Ark- 
ansas, and  engaged  in 
business  at  Hamburg, 
Ashley  Co.  In  1882  he 
moved  to  Fort  Smith, 
where  he  still  x-esides  with  his  children  six  in  number. 

Ickard,  W.  A.,  enlisted  August   14,  '62;  he  was  killef' 
May  2,  '63  at  Chancellorsville. 

Lanier,  Joseph,  enlisted  August  14,  '62. 

Lanier,  Jacob,  enlisted  August  14,  '62. 

(The  two  above  met  a  sad  fate,  unjustly.) 

Lafon,  Daniel,  enlisted  September  8,  '62. 

Lutz,  John  B.,  enlisted  October  5,  '64;  he  is  living  near 
Hickory,  and  is  a  prosperous  dairyman. 

Lutz,  Laban,  enlisted  October  8,  '64 ;  he  died  since  the 
war. 

McCaslin,  William,  enlisted  August  14,  '62 ;  he  died  Jan- 
uary 8,  '63. 

Pollard,  Samuel,  enlisted  September  8,  '62;  we  have  no 
further  account  of  him. 

Pope,   Frederick,  enlisted  August   14,   '62;  we  have  no 
further  account  of  him. 


OF   THE   CIVIL  WAR  359 


DANIEL    KEEVER 

Daniel  Keever  enlist- 
ed in  the  4th  N.  C.  Re- 
giment of  Cavalry, 
(Morgan's)  in  1864,  and 
served  to  its  close.  On 
his  return,  he  engaged 
in  various  manufactur- 
ing enterprises,  mer- 
chandising, and,  finally 
drifted  to  the  farm.  In 
order  to  educate  his 
children,  he  moved  to 
Hickory  in  1S91,  where 
his  sons  are  now  in  busi- 
ness. 

He  is,  and  ever  has 
been,  every  bodies' 
friend.  He  is  now  in  his 
79th  year, -a  Christian, 
a  philanthropist,  a  man 
without  an  enemy,  a- 
waiting  the  final  sum- 
mons, "Come  up  High- 
er". 


Pope,  Franklin,  enlisted  August  14,  '62. 

Pollard,  Noah,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  died  in  the 
same  year. 

Rhyne,  Eli  S.,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  was  wounded 
and  taken  prisoner  in  July,  '63 ;  he  was  promoted  Corporal 
and  detailed ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Starnes,  David,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  died  in  prison 
September  15,  '64. 

Scronce,  C.  B.,  enlisted  August  14,  '62. 

Scronce,  Andrew,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  we  have  no 
further  account  of  him. 

Sigmon,  W.  B.,  enlisted  August  14,  '62. 

Sigmon,  L.  K.,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  died  Novem- 
ber 1,  '62. 

Workman,  L.  H.,  enlisted  September  8,  '62;  no  further 
account  of  him. 


360 


THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 


PINKNEY    D. 
LICK 


WAR- 


Pinkney  D.  Warlick 
enlisted  in  the  12th 
Tennessee  Infantry  and 
was  made  a  commission- 
ed officer,  and  being 
ODmmissianed,  ha  was 
allowed  to  go  to  a  differ- 
ent command  at  the 
time  of  reorganizion, 
and  came  back  to  North 
Carolina  Calvary  ser- 
vice. 

By  profession,  he  was 
a  contractor  and  farmer. 
He  died  at  Humboldt, 
Tenn. 

We  are  indebted  Mrs. 
to  Dr.  J.  T.  Johnson,  of 
this  city,  for  the  photo 
graphs  and  sketches    o! 
four  of  her  uncles. 


Weaver,  David,  enlisted  August  14,  '62 ;  he  died  Decem- 
ber 25,  '62.  (He  was  one  of  the  most  moral  men  it  har^ 
ever  been  our  lot  to  know  ) 

Weaver,  Adam,  enlisted  August  14,  '62 ;  he  died  Decem- 
ber 11,  '62. 

Weaver,  S.  M.,  enlisted  August  14,  '62 ;  he  died  Novem- 
ber 30,  '62. 

20TH  REGIMENT. 

Fry,  J.  G.,  enlisted  April  3d,  '63 ;  he  was  wounded  in  '64 

Starr,  John  C,  enlisted  March  18,  '62 ;  he  died  during  t^o 
war. 

Thornburg,  D.  M..  enlisted  April  3,  '63;  he  died  June 
17,  '63. 

Vaughn,  W.  S.,  enlisted  April  3,  '63;  he  was  wounded 
May  3,  '63  at  Chancellorsville. 

Wood,  John,  enlisted  April  3,  '63;  he  died  June  14,  '63 
at  Richmond. 


OF   THE   CIVIL  WAR  361 

Young,  John,  tnlisted  April  3,  '63;  he  was  taken  prisoner 
on  July  1,  '63  at  Gettysburg. 

22ND  REGIMENT. 

Bruner,  James,  enlisted  March  25,  '63 ;  we  have  no  fur- 
ther record  of  him. 

Burrus,  W.  P.,  enlisted  April  30,  '61 ;  we  have  no  further 
record  of  him. 

23RD  REGIMENT. 

Barger,  Hosea,  enlisted  September  6,  '62 ;  he  was  wound- 
ed at  Chancellorsville;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Campbell,  John,  enlisted  September  6,  '62;  missing. 

Eades,  J.  N.,  enlisted  September  6,  '62;  he  was  taken 
prisoner  at  Gettysburg. 

Eckard,  William,  enlisted  September  6,  '62. 

Eddleman,  H.  M.,  enl'sted  September  6,  '62;  missing. 

Fisher,  James  C.,  enlisted  January  21,  '61 ;  he  died  April 
2,  '63  in  Virginia. 

-    Gabriel,   Abram,   enlisted  June  22,   '61 ;  no  further  ac- 
count can  we  get  of  him. 

Gabriel,  Alonzo,  enlisted  June  22,  '61 ;  he  was  missing 
July  1,  '63. 

Gabriel,  Monroe,  enlisted  June  22,  '61 ;  he  was  wounded 
July  1,  '63  at  Malvern  Hill;  he  died  in  1908. 

Hauss,  R.  M.,  enlisted  September  6,  '62;  he  was  taken 
])risoner  at  Gettysburg. 

Hayes,  Jackson,  enlisted  September  6,  '62. 

Herman,  Peter,  enlisted  September  6,  '62. 

Keever,  Milton,  enlisted  September  6,  '62. 

Killian,  A.  L.,  enlisted  September  6,  '62;  he  died  Feb- 
ruary 14,  '63  at  Lynchburg. 

Little,  James  B.,  enlisted  August  20,  '62;  he  died  while 
at  Richmond. 

Little,  George  W.,  enlisted  June  20,  '61 ;  he  died  at  Mount 
Jackson. 

Lafawn,  Daniel,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  missing. 

Longcryer,  Paul,  enlisted  September  6,  '62 ;  he  died  May 
12,  '63  at  Lynchburg. 

Mathis,  James,  enlisted  August  20,  '62;  he  was  killed 


362  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

July  1,  '63  at  Gettysburg. 

Mathis,  Daniel,  enlisted  September  6,  '62;  detailed. 

McCaslin,  William,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  died  Jan- 
nary  8,  '63. 

McCall,  Joseph,  enlisted  June  22,  '61 ;  he  died  April  10, 
'62  at  Richmond. 

Munday,  Josiah,  enlisted  June  22,  '61 ;  he  was  wounded, 
and  died  December  21,  '64. 

Moore,  W.  M.,  enlisted  September  6,  '62;  he  died  October 
6,  '62  at  Bunker's  Hill. 

Mull,  D.  F.,  enlisted  September  6,  '62;  he  died  January 
13,  '63  at  Fredericksburg. 

Mull,  Jacob,  enlisted  September  6,  '62 ;  he  was  wounded 
and  taken  prisoner  at  Gettysburg;  he  is  still  living. 

Parker,  J.  F.,  enlisted  September  6,  '62. 

Pollard,  Daniel,  enlisted  September  8,  '62. 

Pollard,  Noah,  enlisted  September  8,  '62 ;  he  died  the 
same  year. 

Pope,  Franklin,  enlisted  August  14,  '62 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Pope,  Frederick,  enlisted  August  14,  '62 ;  he  is  now  dead. 

Punch,  J.  L.,  enlisted  September  6,  '62 ;  he  was  taken 
prisoner  at  Gettysburg ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Roney,  A.  J.,  enlisted  September  6,  '62;  he  died  in  the 
war, 

Scronce,  Andrew,  enlisted  August  14,  '62 ;  he  died  since 
the  war. 

Scronce,  C.  B.,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  is  now  dead. 

Sigmon,  W,  D,,  enlisted  August  14,  '62, 

Sigmon,  L.  K.,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  died  Novem- 
ber 1,  '62. 

Starnes,  David,  enlisted  August  14,  '62 ;  he  died  while  in 
prison,  September  15,  '64, 

Turner,  P.  L.,  enlisted  September  6,  '62;  he  was  once 
wounded. 

Turbyfield,  Francis,  enlisted  June  22,  '61;  he  was  wound- 
ed at  Gettysburg. 

Weaver,  Adam,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  died  Decem- 
ber 11,  '62. 


OF   THE   CIVIL  WAR  363 

Weaver,  David,  enlisted  August  14,  '62 ;  he  died  Decem- 
ber 25,  '62. 

Weaver,  S.  M.,  enlisted  August  14,  '62;  he  died  Novem- 
ber 30,  '62. 

Workman,  L.  H.,  enlisted  September  8,  '62;  he  was  killed 
fit  Bramley's  Station. 

Young,  John,  enlisted  September  6,  '62 ;  he  was  taken  a 
prisoner  at  Gettysburg;  he  died  during  the  war. 

Yoder,  Andrew,  enlisted  in  '62. 

26TH  REGIMENT. 

Burke,  James,  enlisted  September  28,  '62 ;  we  have  no 
further  data  concerning  him. 

Seagle,  Noah,  enlisted  September  28,  '62;  he  was  killed 
in  the  war. 

Wyant,  S.  W.,  enlisted  September  28,  '62;  he  died  Sep- 
tember 27,  '64. 

Whisnant,  Marcus,  enlisted  in  '62. 

Holler,  Max.,  enlisted  in  '62. 

Sigmon,  Jack,  enlisted  in  '62. 

(The  last  three  above  named  men  went  to  the  Western 
army  by  choice.     They  were  three  brave  men.) 

29TH  REGIMENT. 

Mauney,  Wallace,  enlisted  August  17,  '61 ;  he  died  Aug- 
ust 12,  '63. 

37TH  REGIMENT. 

Cline,  Rufus,  enlisted  in  July,  '61 ;  was  taken  prisoner  at 
Gettysburg. 

Cochran,  G.  W.     (See  sketch.) 

Cochran,  Francis  M.     (See  sketch.) 

Dellinger,  Marcus,  enlisted  during  the  early  part  of  the 
war;  he  is  now  living  in  the  West;  he  was  a  good  soldier, 
and  also  is  a  good  citizen. 

38TH  REGIMENT. 

Hoke,  Donald,  Quarter-Master  Surgeon ;  he  lost  an  arm 
in  the  war;  he  is  still  living. 


364  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

Rabards,  Horace  A.,  Quarter-Master;  enlisted  February 
18,  '62;  he  retired  April  21,  '62. 

42ND  REGIMENT. 

Burrus,  — ;  he  was  said  to  be  a  good  soldier  by  his  com- 
rades. 

Brock,  H.  M.,  enlisted  May  2,  '64;  we  have  no  further 
record  of  him. 

Chapman,  W.  L.,  enlisted  April  22,  '61 ;  he  was  promoted 
to  1st  Sergeant;  he  was  wounded  in  battle;  he  died  since 
the  war. 

Cobb,  R.  F.,  Musician ;  he  is  living  in  Taylorsville,  N.  C. 

Carpenter,  D.  E.  F.,  enlisted  March  8,  '62;  he  is  still 
living. 

Finger,  J.  M.,  enlisted  February  27,  '62 ;  he  died  since  the 
war ;  he  was  a  good  citizen,  and  a  successful  farmer. 

Fry,  J.  P.,  enlisted  February  27,  '62 ;  he  was  wounded  by 
the  loss  of  an  arm. 

Harmon,  Adolphus,  was  promoted  3rd  Sergeant ;  he  prov- 
ed a  good  soldier  throughout  the  war. 

Huffman,  A.  F.,  enlisted  April  1,  '64;  he  is  still  living, 

Isenhour,  David,  enlisted  March  8,  '62;  he  is  still  living; 
he  made  an  excellent  soldier. 

Isenhour,  John,  enlisted  March  8,  '62 ;  he,  too,  was  an- 
other good  soldier ;  he  is  still  living. 

Lowrance,  J.  M.,  enlisted  March  8,  '62;  he  is  living  in 
Texas. 

McGee,  Hosea,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  was  Brigade 
Mail-Carrier. 

McGee,  M.  M.,  enlisted  March  13,  '62;  he  is  now  living 
in  Pan  Handle,  Texas ;  he  was  a  Courier  for  General  Kirk- 
man. 

Miller,  John,  enlisted  March  20,  '62 ;  we  are  unable  to 
get  any  further  account  of  him. 

Moose,  G.  R.,  enlisted  April  12,  '64. 

Propst,  J.  A.,  enlisted  June  7,  '64 ;  we  have  no  further 
account  of  him. 

Reese,  George,  enlisted  February  27,  '62 ;  he  was  a  splen- 
did soldier;  he  died  since  the  war. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  365 

Reese,  Calvin,  enlisted  February  27,  '62 ;  he  was  a  good 
soldier ;  he  died  since  the  war. 

Simmons,  E.,  enlisted  February  27,  '62;  he  is  still  living. 

Shuford,  Wallace,  enlisted  February  27,  '62.  (See  sketch.) 

Shuford,  Avery,  enlisted  February  27,  '62. 

Scronce,  Joy,  enlisted  March  3,  '64 ;  we  have  no  further 
account  of  him. 

Sipe,  Jacob,  enlisted  February  27,  '62 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Sipe,  John,  enlisted  February  27,  '62 ;  he  was  a  little 
man,  but  every  inch  true. 

Webb,  P.  B.,  enlisted  March  3,  '64;  we  have  no  further 
account  of  him. 

Wycoff,  J.  L.,  enlisted  March  3,  '64;  we  have  no  further 
account  of  him. 

Yount,  D.  P.,  enlisted  March  10,  '64.     (See  sketch.) 

Yount,  David,  enlisted  October  12,  '64. 

Yodef,  M.,  enlisted  March  13,  '62. 

48TH  REGIMENT. 

Abernethy,  Williford,  enlisted  August  1,  '62;  he  was 
killed  September  17,  '62. 

49TH  REGIMENT. 

Ellis,  W.  H.,  enlisted  in  '63.     (See  sketch.) 

Hull,  William,  enlisted  June  1,  '63 ;  we  have  no  account 
of  him  after  this. 

Sherrill,  G.  P.,  enlisted  February  11,  '63;  he  died  since 
the  war. 

Setzer,  Franklin  D.     (See  sketch.) 

52ND  REGIMENT. 

Higby,  George,  enlisted  March  19,  '62 ;  not  accounted  for. 
57TH  REGIMENT. 

Cline,  L.  H.  C.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62;  he  died  September 
7,  '63. 

Carpenter,  John,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  was  promoted  to 
Corporal. 

Dorriter,  Christian,  enlisted  February  20,  '64;  he  was 
wounded  September  19,  '64. 

Hallman,  enlisted  May  4,  '64 ;  he  died  since  the  war. 


366  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

Smyre,  Francis,  enlisted  in  March,  '64.     (See  sketch.) 

Warlick,  J.  W.,  enlisted  March  4,  '63. 

Warlick,  D.  L.,  enlisted  July  4,  '62 ;  he  was  promoted  to 
Sergeant;  he  was  wounded  during  the  war.  (See  photo 
cind  sketch.) 

Setzer,  Henry.     (See  sketch.) 

Setzer,  William.     (See  sketch.) 

-  58TH  REGIMENT. 

Lanier,  D.  A.     (See  sketch.) 

63RD  REGIMENT. 

Holsclaw,  M.  L.,  enlisted  August  16,  '62;  we  have  no  ac- 
count of  him. 

Hull,  J.  S.,  enlisted  August  25,  '62. 

Litten,  T.  B.     (See  sketch.) 

Massey,  W.  F.,  enlisted  August  26,  '62;  he  is  living  at 
Catawba,  N.  C.  (R.  F.  D.) 

Matheson,  J.  F.,  enlisted  August  12,  '62 ;  we  have  no 
account  of  him. 

Monday,  O.  M.,  enlisted  August  14,  '62 ;  he  died  since  the 
war. 

Nance,  Wiley,  enlisted  August  26,  '62 ;  he  is  still  living. 

Robinson,  John,  enlisted  August  18,  '62 ;  we  have  nothing 
further  from  him. 

Sherrill,  D.  H.,  enlisted  August  7,  '62 ;  he  was  promoted 
to  4th  Sergeant;  we  have  no  account  of  him. 

Sherrill,  M.  W.,  enlisted  August  5,  '62.     (See  sketch.) 

Sherrill,  D.  H.,  Jr.,  enlisted  August  5,  '62;  he  was  de- 
tailed. 

Trafenstadt,  W.  A.,  enlisted  August  16,  '62;  he  died 
oince  the  war. 

Cachran,  John  T.     (See  sketch.) 

Cachran,  William  F.     (See  sketch.) 

Warlick,  P.  Monroe.     (See  sketch.) 

Warlick,  Daniel  W.     (See  sketch.) 

Warlick,  Pinkney  D.     (See  sketch.) 

Bost,  Capt,  J.  Mehaffey.     (See  sketch.)  : 


OF   THE   CIVIL   WAR 


367 


DAVID     E. 


[ILLER 


David  E.  Miller  join- 
ed Co.  C.  28  Re.?iment 
and  served  faithfully 
until  he  was  disabled  by 
a  wound.  He  made  some 
narrow  escapes.  He  re- 
turned to  his  farm,  and 
spent  his  life  thereon. 
He  was  a  veryconsis- 
ed  church  member  (Lu- 
theran) and  died  years 
ago.  He  left  a  son 
(James)  who  now  oc- 
cupies the  old  home- 
stead, a  successful  far- 
mer and  Truckster  in 
strawberries. 


■.m^ .jL 


CYRUS    YODER 

Cyrus  Yoder  was  born  August  5th,  1829,  was  married  to  Elizabeth 
Leonard  Feb.  22nd,  1855.  On  the  14th  day  of  July,  1862,  he  was  con- 
scripted into  the  Confederate  service.  On  August  14th,  1863,  he  left 
for  the  camp  of  instruction  near  Statesville,  N.  C,  known  as  Camp  Hill, 
where  he  was  elected  as  one  of  the  "State  Guards",  as  they  were  called. 
He  remained  in  camp  about  two  months,  when  the  command  was  moved 
near  Raleigh.  This  camp  was  known  as  "Camp  Holmes".  They  then 
went  into  winter  quarters  until  the  Yankee  advanced  from  Newbern  to 
Kmston,  N.  C,  under  Gen.  Foster,  known  as  the  Kinston  and  Goldsboro 
fights. 

Then  Maj.  Peter  Mallett  was  ordered  to  defend,  with  the  State 
Guards,  Kinston,  Dec.  14th,  1862.  He  and  the  whole  eommand  were 
captured,  which  were  about  400  in  all.  They  were  paroled  with  orders 
not  to  leave  Kinston  until  48  hours  had  expired.  They  again  returned 
to  Camp  Holmes,  remained  there  a  few  days,  and  were  all    sent    home. 

He  came  home  and  during  his  parole,  was  attacked  with  a  severe 
spell  of  pneumonia,  from  which  he  recovered;  during  his  sickness  he  was 
exchanged  as  a  prisoner  of  war  and  returned  again  to  the  Camp  about 
the  10th  day  of  Mai'ch,  1863.     Here  they  remained  until  the  latter    part 


368 


THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 


of  the  summer  of  1863.  He  was  then  ordered  to  Camp  Vance  near 
Morganton,  N.  C,  with  his  cammander,  Capt.  Riciiards,  where  he  re- 
mained with  the  camp  of  Instruction,  acting  as  Orderly  Sergeant  of  the 
Camp  until  the  28th  of  July,  1864,  when  that  notorious  bush-whacker, 
Feiske,  captured  the  whole  battalion  and  made  them  prisoners  of  war. 
They  were  carried  to  Camp  Douglass,  and  July  28th,  following  they 
arrived  at  Camp  Douglass  near  Chicago.  He  was  sick  nearly  all  the 
time,  and  was  again  attacked  with  a  severe  spell  of  Pneumonia  and  died 
Feb.  7th,  1865  in  the  camp,  where  he  was  buried. 

His  age  was  35  years,  6  months  and  2  days. 

"Tenderly  bury  the  fair  young  dead, 

Bausing  to  drop  on  his  grave  a  tear; 

"Carve  on  the  wooden  slab  at  his  head: 

"Somebody's  darling  lies  buried  here." 


F.  M.  COCHRAN 
Frances  Marion  Coch- 
ran enlisted  in  Company 
G,  37th  Regiment  on 
Oct.  9,  1861.  At  one 
time  he  was  promoted 
to  Sergeant  for  gallant 
conduct  in  battle.  He 
was  killed  May  3,  1863 
at  Chancellorsville.  He 
was  a  twin  brother  of 
G.  W.  Cochran,  Lieut, 
of  the  same  Company. 
Sad  to  think  that  so 
many  good,  brave  and 
loyal  sons  of  Catawba 
sacrificed  their  lives  in 
the  struggle  for  South- 
ern Rights. 


LIEUT.  CHARLES  S.    WILFONG 

Lieut.  Charles  S.  Wilfong  joined  Co.  E.  72  F.  Reserves  was  at  home 
on  sick  furlough  when  the  Regiment  was  captured  at  F.  Fisher.  He 
afterwards  re'^igned  and  joined  a  company  of  Cavalry  near  Lenoir  and 
was  captured  by  Gen.  Stone  man  and  taken  to  Camp  Chose,  Ohio  where 
he  died  April  26,  1865. 


OF  THE   CIVIL  WAR 


369 


ELI    RHYNE 

Eli  Rhyne  enlisted 
July  14,  '62.  He  was 
wounded  and  taken 
prisoner  in  '63'  After 
his  release  from  prison 
he  was  promoted  cor- 
poral and  detailed.  He 
returned  to  his  home 
near  the  "Rocky  Ford" 
on  South  Fork,  and  lived 
by  farming.  His  children 
now  live  on  the  old 
homestead.  He  died 
years  ago. 


MOSES  WHITFIELD    SHERRILL 

Whitfield  Sherrill,  son  of  Hiram  and  Sarah  Sherrill,  was  born  near 
Sherrill's  Ford,  Catawba  County,  N.  C,  in  1834.  In  the  latter  part  of 
1862,  he  left  his  family  and  Volunteered  in  Co.  K.  63  N.  C.  Cavalry.  He 
was  in  all  the  battles  and  marches  with  his  Company.  He  was  always 
found  at  the  post  of  duty. 

He  had  his  clothing  pierced  by  minnie  balls,  but  came  through  to  the 
surrender  without  receiving  a  wound.  Sherrill  was  a  man  that  his  officers 
eould  depend  upon. 

He  is  living  on  his  farm  near  Sherrill's  Ford,  and  has  made  a  succes 
at  farming. 

WILLIAM  S.    SHERRILL 

William  S.  Sherrill,  native  of  Catawba  County,  son  of  Henderson 
Sherrill,  went  to  Texas  during  1858.  He  entered  the  service  of  his 
Country  early  in  the  war  and  served  during  the  entire  period  of  the  war 
with  the  army  west  of  the  Mississippi  River.  After  the  war,  he  engag- 
ed in  agriculture  from  which  he  acquired  a  comfortable  fortune.  He 
died  in  Gaudaloupe  County,  Texas,  in  1901  an  esteemed  and  valued  citizen. 


370 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


FREDERICK 

MAN 


HER- 


Frederick  Herman 
was  sent  to  the  42nd 
Regiment.  He  served 
through  the  war,  and 
afterwards,  came  home, 
making  his  living  on  the 
farm.  He  is  a  good 
citizen  of  Catawba 
County. 


CAPT.     DANIEL 
WARLICK 


W. 


Capt.  Daniel  W.  War- 
lick,  was  living  in  Jack- 
sonville, Ala.,  at  the 
beginning  of  the  war, 
on  a  farm,  where  he 
was  engaged  in  the  tan- 
nery business.  He  was 
promoted  to  Capt.  in  the 
Both  Ala.  Regiment. 

He  is  a  native  of  Ca- 
tawba county. 


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371 


ELISHA    SMITH 

E.isha  Smith  was  a 
soldier  whose  enlistment 
cannot  be  found.  He 
died  sometime  during 
the  war,  being  either 
killed,  or  dying  from 
sickness.  We  knew  him 
as  being  a  good,  noble 
young  man.  His  widow 
honors  him  by  this 
means. 


L.  W.  CLINE 

L.  W.  Cline  enlisted 
in  Co.  G.  12th.  Regiment 
and  served  with  that 
Company  in  all  her  en- 
counters which  were 
legion.  He  came  out 
with  life,  and  manifest- 
ed his  tact  on  the  farm. 
He  is  now  engaged  in 
trucking,  and  has  made 
a  success  in  the  culture 
of  strawberries.  A  good 
citizen. 


372 


THE   CAAWXBA   SOLDIER 


MONROE 
LICK 


WAR- 


P.  Monroe  Warlick  en- 
listed in  12th  Tennessee 
Infantry,  and  after  re- 
org-anization,  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  engineer 
corp,  and  remained 
there  until  he  surrender. 

After  the  war  he  went 
to  Paris,  Texas. 

He  is  a  native  "of  Ca- 
tawba. 


LAWSON        MOSTEL- 
LER 

Lawson  Mosteller  en- 
listed in  Co.  F.  23  Regi- 
ment June  6,  '61.  He 
retui-ned  and  engaged 
in  farming,  and  was 
successful.  He  died 
several  years  ago  leav- 
ing two  sons  and  two 
daughters  who  are  mak- 
ing good  in  life.  He 
was  an  honorable  citi- 
zen. 


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373 


JULIUS    A.    POOVEY 

Julius  A.  Poovey  en- 
listed for  the  Civil  war 
in  Company  C.  28th  Re- 
giment on  Jan.  15th 
1863,  and  served  to  the 
close  of  the  war  with 
the  record  of  being  a 
faithful,    good     soldier. 

He  was  in  nearly  every 
battle  of  note,  after  his 
enlistment,  and  was 
wounded  twice,  once  at 
Chancelorsville,  May 
1st  1863,  and  then  in  the 
Wilderness      battle     on 

May  3rd  1864. 

After  the  battle  at 
Fuzzle'smlll,  his  captain 
Lineberger,  sent  him 
out  as  a  scout    to    learn 


LABAN  CLINE 

The  subject  of  this 
sketch  enlis.ed  in  Com- 
pany F,  3S.h  Regiment 
March  30,  '61.  He  was 
wounded  at  Weldon  in 
'62  Of  him  we  have 
no  further  account,  but 
that  one  of  his  company 
says  he  was  an  efficient 
soldier. 


374 


THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


what  the  enemy  was  doing.  Going  down  through  a  thicket,  he 
s.iw  a  Yankee  shpping  up  towards  him.  He  dodged  behind  a  tree. 
When  the  Yankte  got  in  about  eight  steps  of  him,  he  cocked  his  gun, 
stepped  frun  behind  the  tree  ai  d  look  the  Yankee  a  prisontr 

The  Yankee  had  a  very  pecuHar  gun;  it  had  a  r^-d  stock  and  a  very 
bright  barrel.  Poovey  threw  his  gun  away  and  adopted  the  Yankee's 
prizing  it  very  highly,  and  kept  it  for  a  long  lime,  finally  kshig  it  in  a 
battle. 

After  tha  surrender,  he  settled  on  a  farm  two  miles  fiom  Hickory, 
on  which  he  has  hved  ever  since  and  fatmed  wiih  si  cctss.  Besides 
farming,  for  thirty  five  years,  he  has  run  a  biick  }  ard,  from  which  at 
least  one  half  of  the  brick  buildings  in  Hickory  have  been  built. 

He  married  a  Miss  Houck.  To  this  union  have  bt  en  born  eight 
children,  four  daughters  and  four  sons.  All  are  yet  living.  Mrs.  roovty 
is  of  a  family  of  twelve  children,  and  the  youngest  being  40  years  old. 
The  strange  thing  is,  all  thesa  are  living. 

(Julius  Poovey 's  sketch  should  have  appeared  in  the  28th  Regiment, 
but  was  overlooked,  hence  his  appearance  here  ) 
JOHN  W.  GOODSON 

John  W.  Gjodson  enlisted  in  C  >.  F.  52ad  Reg'm.Mit,  April  1861.  He 
wds  ciiptared  naar  P^jtersbjrg,  March  20th,  1865.  Since  his  return 
home,  he  has  farmed  in  little  Mountain  section,  in  Catawba  County. 
He  is  now  6)  years  old,  awaitina:  the  sumnons  to  j  )in  his  war-mates  of 
the  sixties  who  have  preceded  him 


LIEUT.  M.  A.  THORN- 
BURG 

He  enlisted  in  Co.  F. 
23  Regiment,  July  15th 
1868.  He  served  his 
country  faithfully  dur- 
ing the  war,  and  after- 
ward, he  engaged  m  the 
nursery  busii  ess.  In  this 
he  made  good.  He  died 
in  19U8  a  respected  citi- 
zen. His  sons  are  now 
continuing  his  enterprise 
at  Startown. 

(This  is  another  that 
was  left  out  of  his  origi- 
nal company  and  had  to 
be  put  in  the  Scattered. 


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375 


HENRY  SETZER 

Henry  Setzer  enlisttd 
in  1862  in  Co.  C.  57  Re- 
g-iment.  He  was  in  five 
battles  and  was  captur- 
ed and  held  a  prisoner 
of  war  sixteen  months. 
He  returned  and  made 
good  at  farming.  He  is 
still  living. 


JAS.   F.   ROBINSON 

A  sketch  of  James 
Ferdinand  Robinson  ap- 
pears on  page  122  in 
Company  A,  12th  Regi- 
ment, in  which  he  serv- 
ed. 


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THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


DR.  R.  A.  YODER 
Dr.  R.  A.  Yoier,  the 
author  of  "The  Origin  of 
Catawba  Dutch,"  and  the 
writer  of  Prof.  G.  W. 
Huhn's  sketch.  His  pic- 
ture should  have  appeared 
just  before  his  artic  e. 


HENRY    LINCK 

Henry  Linck,  founder 
of  Hickory,  should  have 
appeared  before  the 
History  of  Hickory — 
another  error. 


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377 


POLY  CARP  HENKLE 

Was  the  founder  of 
Concordia  College  at 
Conover,  a  sketch  of 
which  appears  else- 
where in  this  book. 


378  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 


THE  SPANISH-AMERICAN  WAR. 

When  war  was  declared  against  the  Kingdom  of  Soain, 
and  the  President  called  for  Volunteers,  Catawba  County 
immediately  responded;  and  Colonel  Armfield  says  that  she 
furnished  more  soldiers  than  any  County  in  the  State 
save  one.     Below  is  a  complete  I'st  of  the  mmes : 

Deal,  Milton  F.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98;  he  was  a  Musician. 
C-arvin,  Frederick  T.,  enlisted  A'^ril  27,  '98;  he  was  dis- 
charged November  4,  '98. 

Campbell,  James  H.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 

Keever,  Herbert  0.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 

Wilh"ams,  WHliam  H.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 

Yount,  Albert  O..  enlisted  A^ril  27,  '98. 

Yoder,  Ainslie  T.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 

Yount,  Lee  C,  enlisted  June  15,  '98. 

Yount,  Thomas  E.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 

Yount,  William  H.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 

Camobell,  William  0.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98 ;  he  was  dis- 
charged July  1,  '98. 

Sherrill,  Charles  M.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98;  he  was  dis- 
charged April  31,  '98. 

McCorkle,  Charles  M.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98;  he  was  dis- 
charged December  31,  '98;  Corporal. 

Cilley.  Gordon  H.,  Corporal ;  enlisted  April  27,  '98 ;  he 
was  discharged  June  31,  '99. 

Kale,  Avery  E.,  enlisted  August  14,  '98;  he  was  dis- 
charged April  8,  '99. 

(All  those  who  were  discharged  were  discharged  with 
honor,  in  Company  A.) 

COMPANY  E.,  1ST  REGIMENT  VOLUNTEERS. 

Rufty,  Robert  D.,  Sergeant;  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 

Seaboch,  Luther  E.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 

Erwin,  Erwin  O.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 

Gains,  Fleming  W.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 

James,  Frank  A.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 

Lafon,  Pinkney  E.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  379 

Lafon,  Lawrence  A.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 
Sigmon,  John  W.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 
Benfield,  Robert  E.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 
Payne,  G.  W.,  Cornoral;  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 
Gaimes,  Fleming  W.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 
James,  Frank  A.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 

COMPANY  K.,  1ST  REGIMENT. 

Pierce,  Edward  T.,  enlisted  June  15,  '98. 

COMPANY  M.,  1ST  REGIMENT. 

Hoke,  Charles  W.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 
Arm.field,  J.  W.,  enlisted  April  27,  '98. 

2ND  REGIMENT  N.  C.  VOLUNTEERS,  COMPANY  C. 

Hawn,  Perry  W.,  enlisted  May  15,  '98 ;  he  was  mustered 
out  November  10,  '98. 

Hill,  John  W.,  enlisted  May  15,  '98 ;  he  was  mustered 
-out  November  10,  '98. 

Isenhour,  David  B.,  enlisted  May  15,  '98 ;  he  was  mustered 
out  November  10,  '98. 

Jones,  Joseph,  O.,  enlisted  May  15,  '98;  he  was  mustered 
out  November  10,  '98. 

Lael,  Daniel  H.,  enlisted  July  1,  '98;  he  was  mustered 
out  November  10,  '98. 

Miller,  Thomas  C,  enlisted  May  15,  '98 ;  he  was  mustered 
out  November  10,  '98. 

Mull,  George  P.,  enlisted  June  9,  '98;  he  was  mustered 
out  November  10,  '98. 

Pendleton,  Horace,  enlisted  — ;  he  was  mustered  out  — . 

Tolbert,  Charles  E.,  enlisted  June  2,  '98 ;  he  was  mustered 
out  November  10,  '98. 

Williams,  Ivey,  enlisted  — ;  he  died  at  St.  Augustine, 
Fla.,  in  August,  '98. 

Williams,  Ambrose  M.,  enlisted  March  15.  '98. 

COMPANY  G. 

Hallowell,  Herl,  enlisted  May  11,  '98;  he  was  mustered 
out  November  10,  98. 


380  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

COMPANY  H. 

^NIiill.  Frank  R..  enlisted  ^lay  24.  '98:  he  was  mustered 
out  November  10.  '98. 

Mull,  Sidney  W..  enlisted  May  24.  '98 :  he  was  mustered 
out  November  10,  '98. 

Norton.  Henry  A.,  enlisted  June  29.  '98 ;  he  was  m.ustered 
out  November  10,  '98. 

COMPANY  M. 

Hutfman,  Joseph  H,.  enlisted  May  20.  '98 :  he  was  mus- 
tered out  November  10,  '98. 

3RD  REGIMENT  (COLORED.) 

The  Negroes  were  equally  responsive  to  the  call  for  \'ol- 
unteers,  as  is  sho^^Tl  by  the  organization  of  the  3rd  Regi- 
ment. But  few,  however,  are  to  be  found  from  Catawba 
County.    The  list  is  as  follows : 

COMPANY  C,  3RD  REGIMENT  N.  C.  VOLUNTEERS. 
Holloway,  James  D.,  enlisted  April  27.  '98 :  he  was  mus- 
tered out  February  8.  '99. 

COMPANY  F. 

Bell.  Augustus,  enlisted  June  23.  '98 ;  he  was  a  ^lusician : 
he  was  mustered  out  February  8.  *99. 

COMPANY  G. 

Evans,  Robert,  enlisted  June  23.  '98 :  he  was  mustered 
out  February  8.  '99. 

Harshaw.  Alexander,  enlisted  June  23.  *98 ;  he  was  mus- 
tered out  February-  8,  '99. 

Lutz.  Robert,  enlisted  June  23,  '98 :  he  was  mustered  out 
February  8.  '99. 

Pickenpack.  Thomas,  enlisted  June  23,  '98 ;  he  was  mas- 
tered out  February  8,  '99. 

Shores,  Clarence,  enlisted  June  23,  '98 :  he  was  mustered 
out  February  S.  *99. 

James.  Martin,  enlisted  June  23.  *98 ;  he  died  September 
10,  '98. 


OF  THE  CIVIL  WAR  381 


^^STANDING  BY  THE  STUFF." 


THE     WOMEN     OF     THE     CONFEDRACY    SHOULD   HAVE 
EQUAL   HONOR   WITH   THE   SOLDIERS — AC- 
CORDING TO   DAVID'S  LAW. 

The  heading  of  this  article  is  taken  from  the  law  of  David. 
Before  he  was  king,  David  was  not  only  a  sweet  singer  and 
a  brave  solaier,  but  a  just  law  giver.  David  with  select 
soldiers  left  their  homes  and  country  to  join  the  army 
of  th3  Philistines.  Finding  thair  mistake,  they  returned  to 
their  own  South-land.  On  reaching  home,  instead  of  meet- 
ing loved  ones,  devastation  and  gloom  on  every  hand  greet- 
ed them.  In  their  absence,  the  Amalekites  had  invaded  their 
land,  had  burned  their  city  and  had  taken  all  their  property, 
together  with  their  wives  and  children. 

So,  Dav'id  and  his  six  hundred  soldiers,  with  their  flocks, 
herds  and  supplies— as  was  the  custom  of  armies  in  that 
day  — started  in  pursuit  of  the  enemy.  In  the  rush,  at  the 
brook  Besor,  two  hundred  men  broke  down  and  could  go  no 
farther.  Leaving  them  with  their  flocks,  herds,  etc.  David 
and  the  other  four  hundred  crossed  over  the  brook  and  soon 
came  up  with  their  invaders.  After  a  battle  continuing  from 
one  evening  until  the  next,  they  succeeded  in  killing  all  the 
Amalekites,  save  four  hundred  young  men  who  fled. 
They  not  only  recovered  their  property  and  wives  and  child- 
ren, but  captured  all  that  the  enemy  had.  It  was  a  glorious 
victory,  one  rich  in  spoils. 

On  their  way  back  the  soldiers  began  to  discuss  the  hon- 
ors, the  spoils.  They  reasoned  that  as  they  had  won  them 
in  battle,  all  the  spoils  rightly  belonged  to  them.  They  were 
willing  that  those  who  did  not  go  to  battle  should  have  their 
own  wives  and  children,  but  said:"  We  will  not  give  them 
aught  of  the  spoils  that  we  have  recovered. ' '  But  David  said : 
"Ye  shall  not  do  so."  David  then  issued  the  following  law 
which  has  been  in  force  in  righteous  code  since,    viz:     "As 


382  THE   CATAWBA   SOLDIER 

his  part  is  that  goeth  down  to  battle  so  shall  his  part  he    that 
tarrieth  by  the  stuff.'' 

Now,  in  this  connection,  the  writer  desires  tocontribute 
a  few  lines  in  honor  of  the  wives  and  mothers  of  the  Con- 
federacy, He  was  rol  in  the  war,  but  had  two  brothers  and 
a  father  there.  And  one  brother  never  returned  home  ahve. 
It  is  true  he  does  not  know  from  experience  the  many  hard- 
ships the  soldiers,  in  camp,  in  the  march  and  in  battle,  had 
to  endure.  But,  being  the  oldest  of  a  large  family  of  child- 
ren, he  knows,  not  only  what  struggles  his  miother  had,  but 
how  hard  other  mothers  in  like  condition,  had  to  battle  day 
and  night,  and  often  single  handed  against  the  greatest  of 
all  enemies— want,  anxiety,  sickness  and  often  death  in  the 
home,  and  father  gone. 

The  writer  loves  the  memory  of  his  father  and  brotheis 
and  would  not  withhold  a  single  honor  due  them,  or  any 
other  soldier  for  all  they  did  and  endured,  yet  he  feels  that 
it  would  be  ingratitude  in  him  to  sit  idly  by  and  not  say  a 
word  in  behalf  of  the  wives  and  mothers  of  the  Confederacy, 
and  divide  the  honors,  so  worthily  won,  equally  with  them. 
For  without  what  they  did,  we  would  have  very  little  of 
which  to  boast.  While  the  men  stood  bravely  behind  the 
musket  and  cannon,  the  women  more  bravely  stood  by  and 
protected  the  home  which  was  the  inspiration  and  power 
behind  the  men.  But  for  the  work,  influence  and  encourage- 
ment of  the  women,  the  war  would  have  ended  two  years 
sooner,  and  to  our  everlasting  disgrace. 

Now  let  us  give  a  brief  summary  of  some  of  the  noble 
deeds  they  did.  They  furnished  the  men— the  husbands  and 
sons.  They  cheerfully  took  care  of  the  homes.  They  labored 
and  not  only  fed  and  clothed  their  children,  but  sent  cloth- 
ing and  rations  to  the  men.  Many  of  them  had  to  go  to  the 
field  and  plough,  or  to  the  woods  and  chop  all  day,  and  then 
card,  spin  and  weave  until  a  late  hour  at  night.  Above  all 
the  anxious  care  of  the  children  was  upon  them  day  and 
night.  Many  of  them  actually  had  to  manufacture  the  salt 
that  went  in  their  bread,  and  that  saved  their  pork.  Not 
only  this,  but  they  had  to  be  their  own  physicians  and  nurses 
in  times  of  sickness.  And  often  they  even  had  to  bury  their 
own,  or  each  others  dead.     Yet,  in  it  all,    they    never    des- 


OF  THE  CIVIL   WAR  383 

paired,  or  even  refused  to  give  the  tenth  of  the  little  they 
made  to  feed  the  soldiers.  And  amid  all  the  hardships,  they 
alv^ays  wrote  cheerful  and  encouraging  letters  to  those  he- 
hind  the  gun.  In  no  age,  and  in  no  country  have  women  oi- 
even  men,  ever  shown  more  wisdom,  faithfulness  and  en- 
dured more  hardships  and  stood  up  under  it  more  patriotic- 
ally than  did  the  women  of  the  Confederacy.  All  we  got 
out  of  the  war  was  honor  for  our  bravery,  love  of  country 
and  patient  endurance  of  hardships.  And  as  we  honor  the 
men  who  went  down  to  the  battle  so  let  us  equally  honor  the 
women  who  stood  by  the  stuff. 

J.  F.  Click. 


ADDENDUM  IN  HONOR  OF  THE  WOMEN  OF 
THE    CIVIL    WAR 

In  addition  to  what  the  foregoing  sketch  has  said,  let 
future  generations  know  all  the  facts  relative  to  the  priva- 
tions, and  sufferings  endured,  and  the  economy  and  substi- 
tut93  resorted  too  to  keep  body  and  soul  together  and  thus 
encourage  the  father,  husband,  and  sons  who  were  standing 
loyal  to  the  guns  in  defence  of  the  dear  homes  left  behind. 
Let  it  ever  be  remembered  that  soon  after  the  beginning  of 
the  war  in  1861,  the  ports  were  all  blocked,  and  further,  the 
South  was  almost  wholly  an  agricultural  country,  and  hence, 
our  good  women  were  deprivedof  thousands  of  sundry  house- 
hold necessities, —such  as  sugar,  coffee,  spices,  colorings, 
salt,  shoes,  delf,  and  clothing.  To  supply  a  substitute,  or 
to  econpmize,  our  noble  women  substituted  and  resorted 
wholly  to  "Long  Sweetening",  by  raising  sorghum;  for 
coffee,  rye,  wheat,  dried  sweet-potatoes,  etc. ;  for  coloring, 
or  dyes,  they  raised  the  indigo  plant  for  blue;  walnut  leaves 
for  brown;  many  leached  the  earth  dug  from  old  smoke- 
houses and  evaporated  the  liquid  for  salt;  shoes  were  rudely 
made  by  a  few  old  cobblers,  and  perchance,  a  young  lady  got 
a  "Store"  pair,  and  to  make  them  last  would  carry  them   to 


384  THE  CATAWBA  SOLDIER 

Church  or  elsewhere,  and  put  them  on  while  there,  carrying 
them  home  on  her  return;  clothing  were  wholly  textile 
fabrics,  and  sometimes  were  wonderfully  pretty  and  durable; 
shoes  were  sometimes  made  for  the  children  out  of  squirrel 
hides  to  protect  little  feet  from  the  piercing  cold,  the  uppers 
of  old  castaway  shoes  being  used  for  soles;  and  for  delf, 
knives  and  forks,  the  rudest  kind  of  pottery  was  used,  and 
many  of  the  poorer  families  used  "Adam  and  Eve's"  kind. 
How  many  good,  self-sacrificing  mothers,  wives,  and  daugh- 
ters would,  after  deducting  the  tithes  for  the  government, 
(tithes  of  everything  they  raised)  send  to  the  dear  ones 
during  the  winter  a  box  of  the  best  raised  on  the  farm. 
And  how  tenderly  the  mothers  watched  over  the 
little  ones,  although  she  had  the  cares  of  family,  farm,  stock 
and  all  on  her  shoulders.  When  we  look  back  over  these  fifty 
years,  —years  of  progress  which  have  not  a  parallel  in  history, 
ons  sees  the  privation  and  destitution,  of  our  wives,  moth- 
ers and  sisters  who  should  share  equally  the  honors, — 
if  honors  it  be,  — of  the  Civil  War.  Mothers,  the  remnant  of 
the  old  soldiers  still  living  cannot  forget  your  heronism,  your 
sacrifices,  your  industry  your  economy,  and  above  all,  your 
devotion  to  those  of  us  on  the  front  line.  We  realize  your 
anxiety  after  a  hard  fought  battle,  for  your  dear  ones  whom 
you  knew  were  in  the  battle,  wondering,  watching,  waiting 
with  bated  breath,  "Is  my  husband  or  my  boy  safe;  or  is  he 
killed  or  wounded?  What,  Oh  what,  is  the  result?  Will  not 
the  next  mail  bring  something  definite?"  And  with  trembling 
hands  in  opening  the  long  looked  for  letter,  and  finding 
"Killed",  we  can  hear  those  pitiful  wails  from  thousands  of 
mothers,  wives,  and  the  dear  little  children  clinging  to  mo- 
ther's dress,  "Dear  papa,  dear  brother,  will  never  come  home 
again";  Even  to-day,  women  of  the  South,  the  tender  heart- 
ed old  soldiers  weep  to  realize  your  poverty,  your  harships 
and  your  patient  endurance.  We  gladly  and  willingly  here- 
by share  the  honors  with  you,  and  your  descendants,  all  the 
heroism,  the  privations,  the  suffering;  it  is  due  you;  accept 
it  from  the  trembling  hands  of  an  old  comrade  of  your  hus- 
band, son,  and  when  you  accept  it  from  him,  you  have  ac- 
cepted it  from  all  who  are  still  living.  Take  it,  it  is  yours— 
you  have  won  it  worthily. 


OF   THE   CIVIL  WAR  385 

This  book  would  not  be  true  to  its  one  leading  object, 
if  it  did  not  acknowledge  its  indebtedness  to  M.  0.  Sherrill, 
A.  P.  Hoyle,  P.  C.  Little,  A.  M.  Abernethy,  C.  L.  Hahn, 
W.  E.  Sigmon,  S.  E.  Killian,  James  H.  Sherrill,  Peter  Mull, 
and  Frank  Rabb  for  their  introductions  to  each  of  the  12 
companies,  made  up  and  organized  in  Catawba  County. 
Thanks  to  every  one  who  honored  the  book  with  his  photo, 
and  sketch  each  additional  one  making  the  book  the  Author's 
Ideal— his  ideal  being  photographed  and  sketched  in  full. 
And  to  the  boy  now  in  school  who  shall  in  1961  write  Vol. 
2  of  the  Semi  Centenial  History  of  Catawba.  Look  well  to 
your  opportunity,  and  keep  your  record  straight  through 
these  year— that  you  may  be  able  to  give  a  perfect  Record 
of   the  fifty  next  years. 

And,  finally,  Catawba  pleads  with  each  county  in  the 
state  to  go  now,  and  make  a  similar  record,  and  let  us  save 
by  counties  much  valuable  history  that,  if  not  given  this  per- 
manent form  will  be  buried  with  the  "Old  Soldier." 


Shuford  I.  Whitencr's 
:-:    Page    :-: 

His  interest  in  the  pub- 
lication of  "The  Catawba 
Soldier  of  the  Civil  War:" 
A  check  for  five  dollars  to 
aid  in  the  publication,  and 
more  if  needed. 

He  IS   a  son  of  P.  W. 
Whitener,     whose    photo 
and  sketch    is    contained 
herein.        ''Render     unto 
Caesar  the  things  that  be 
Caesars." 

Phones:   Store  99 

Residence  42 


J.  W.  SHUFORD 

FUNERAL  DIRECTOR  &  EMBALMER 


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Calls  Given  Prompt 
Attention  at    Any    Hour 


^  HE  HICKORY  DEMOCRAT  is  a  paper  of  high  character, 
l|l  which  was  established  in  1899  and  in  1905  was  consolidated 
^^  with  the  old  Hickory  Press,  edited  in  the  past  by  such  men 
as  Tomlinson  and  Murrill.  Its  editor,  Mr.  Howard  A.  Banks, 
was  trained  on  the  Charlotte  Observer  under  the  late  J.  P.  Cald- 
well, and  was  awhile  managing  editor  of  that  paper.  Later  he 
was  for  two  years  on  the  local  staff  of  the  Philadelphia  Record. 
His  large  experience  tells  in  the  excellent  paper  he  is  making  of 
The  Democrat. 


—STOP  AT— 

Harris  &  Little 

Hickory  -  -  -  North  Carolina 

For  Dry  Goods,  Notions,  Hats,  Shoes,  Groceries 

and  Provisions.     Sell  them  your  produce 

and  buy  what  you  want. 


K^lare/nont    \Lolleoe 

^ickorij,  =  =  ^J\orf/i  Uaro/i'/ia 

(FOR  GIRLS    AND    YOUNG    WOMEN) 

7[2  STABLISHED  in  1880.  Instruction  given 
^C  ^^  ^11  studies  usually  taught  in  High  Grade 
"^  Colleges.  Muical  Department  under  the 
direction  of  a  Specialist.  Thorough  course 
in  Painting  and  Expression. 

Charges  reasonable.  Building  well  arrang- 
ed.    Location  unsurpassed. 

For  further  information,  address, 

JOSEPH  L.  MURPHY, 

President. 


p.  E.  Isenhower  J.  A.  Isenhower 

P.  E.  Isenhower  &  Son 

Dealers  in 

General  Merchandise,  Dry  Goods,  Notions,  Hats, 
Caps,  Clothing,  Groceries  &  Hardware 

Country  Produce  a  Specialty  Conover,  N.  C. 


Gloss  or  Domestic  Finish  Latest  Improved  Machinery 

Hickory  Steam  Launday 

J.  L.  LEACH,  Proprietor 

ALL  WORK  GUARANTEED 

1208  10th  AVENUE  HICKORY,  N.  C. 


C^etzer  Or    ^Jvussell 

Will  sell  you  up-to-date 
clothing,  hats,  dry  goods 
and  notions  at  lowest 
prices  and  will  give  the 
highest  price  for  coun- 
try produce.     :     :    :     : 

C^etzer  Or  ^Jvusse/l 


Hutton  &  Bourbonnais  Company 

Hickory,  N.  C. 
Manufacturers  of  Lumber,  Boxes,  and    Mouldings, 

Maple  Flooring  for  Factories  a  Specialty. 
Rotary  Cut  Poplar  Veneers. 


Box  Shocks,    Cloth  Boards,    Dimension  Stock, 
Kiln  Dried  and  Dressed  Lumber,    Ceil- 
ing and  Flooring. 


Poplar,  Oak,  Chestnut,  White  Pine,  North  Caro- 
lina Pine  Bottle  Crates. 


L^oncorc/la   iLo/teae 

iLonover,    .JY.    C 

Co-educational.  Full  Classical  and  Elective 
Courses  leading  to  Degrees.  Tuition  moderate. 
Location  Healthful. 

For  further  information  apply  to  the  Presi- 
dent. 

*j/ie  xJvev.  cfeorge  ,>T.  i/^a /noser, 

J.  nesir^ent 


L.  P.  Henkle,  President  David  J.  Ciaipr,  Secy.  &  Treas. 

H.  J.  Dunavant.  1st  V.-Pres.  Thos.  L.  Hcnl<le,  2nd  V.-Pres. 

C.  V.  Henklf,  ;^.id  V.-Pres. 

Henkel- Craig     Live    Stock    Co. 

Capital  $100,{)00.()0 

Hickory,  North  Carolina 

Dealers  in  Horses  and  Mules,  Buggies,  Sur- 
reys, Hacks,  Wagons,  Saddles,  Harness  and 
Farm  Machinery. 

Main  Office;     STATESVILLE,  N.  C. 


®I|0  ®tm?s  -  il^rntrii 

This  paper  was  started  by  the  Farmers  Alliance.  It  made 
its  first  appearance  on  March  25th,  1891.  It  has  never  missed  a 
single  issue.  All  through  these  years  it  has  stood  for  the  rights 
of  all  the  people,  regardless  of  wealth,  class  or  distinction.  It 
advocates  honest  policies,  and  moral  living  and  law  abiding  citizen- 
ship. 

J.   F.  CLICK,  Editor. 


fIRST  NATIONAL  BANK 


HICKORY,  N.  C. 


Capital  and    Surplus  $240,000.00 


JTT  Large   and  small  accounts 
Til  solicited.      Foui'  per  cent 
interest  paid   on    savings   ac- 
counts. 

JTT  With  large  capital  and  sur- 
j\  plus  we  are   in  the    best 
position  to  handle  ever}'  class 
of  Banking  Business. 


MONEY      TO     LOAN    AT     ALL     TIMES 


first  National  Bank 

k.  K.  Shifonl.  Pr«.  J.  9.  Hfctt,  V.-Pres. 

K.  C  Meuies,  Cashier  J.L  Gky,  AssL  Cashier 


WE  do  not  want  the  whole 
country,  but  we  want  the 
whole  country  to  know 
that  we  are  headquarters  for  Brick, 
Lime  &  Portland  Cement.  We  are 
agents  for  Cortright  Metal  Shin- 
gles. Let  us  have  an  opportunity 
to  quote  you. 

(Water,    Sewer   and  Sewage   Dis- 
posal  a  Specialty.) 

EDWARDS     CONSTRUCTION     CO. 

Hickory  -         -         North  Carolina 


ESTABLISHED  1882 


Shuford  Hardware  Co. 

Hickory,  N.  C. 

Wholesale    and   Retail   Dealers   in    Hardware, 
Paints,  Stoves  and  Mill  Supplies. 

Mail  Orders  a  Specialty.        -:-        "We  aim  to  please." 


Piedmont  Foundry  &   Machine 
Company 

High  Grade  Machine  and  Foun- 
dry Work. 

PRICES  REASONABLE 


I 

Catawba  College 

and 

Preparatory  School 

NEWTON,  -  -  -  North  Carolina 


Founded  in  1851,  the  oldest  institution  of  higher 
learning  in  Catawba  County.  An  ideal  Christian  Col- 
lege, though  not  sectarian.  Healthful  location.  Safe 
environment.  All  modern  conveniences  and  sanitary 
appliances.  Steam  heat,  electric  light,  shower  baths, 
new  Chemical,  Physical  and  Biological  Laboratories. 
Personal  interest  taken  in  each  student  with  a  view 
of  inspiring  lofty  ideals  of  thorough  scholarship, 
broad  attainments,  sound  judgm.ent  and  Christian 
manliness  Best  equipment  and  most  efficient  service 
for  the  money  in  the  State. 


STRONG  COURSES. 

Classical,  Scientific,  Business,  Music,  Art  and  Expression. 

OUR  IDEAL 

The  perfection  of  the  individual  student. 

OUR  AIM 

Knowledge,  Culture  and  Efficiency. 

OUR  METHOD 

Careful,  personal  supervision. 


BOTH  SEXES.     Rates  Reasonable.     Write  for    Cata- 
log and  View  Book. 

J.  F.  BUCHHEIT,  -  President 


Hickory  Seed  Co. 


We  handle  The  DeLaval  Separa- 
tor, closest  skimming,  easiest 
running  Separator  on  the  market. 

We  are  agents  for  Cypher's  Incu- 
bators and  Brooders.  Ask  for 
prices  and  catalogues. 


Hickory  Seed  Co. 


The  Young  as  well  as  the   Old  Soldier's  friend 

Hickory  Banking  &  Trust  Co. 

HICKORY,  N.  C. 

Deposit  your  money  with  them   for  courteous 
treatment.     Four  per  cent  interest 
compounded  quarterly. 


THE  UNDERSELLING  STORE 

Popularly  known  as  the  cheapest  store  in  town.  We 
give  you  the  same  goods  for  less  money. 

We  carry  a  full  line  of  up-to-date  Clothing.  Shoes, 
Hats,  Ladies'  and  Gent's  Furnishings,  and  also  make 
suits  to  order.     Give  us  a  trial  and  convince  yourself. 

THE  UNDERSELLING  STORE,  L.  E.  Zerdcn,  Propriclor 

HICKORY,  N.  C. 


E.  E. 


HIGHT 

EXPERT   WATCH    MAKER    AND 
REGISTERED  OPTOMETRIST 


Dealei-  in  Eyeglasses  and  Spectacles.  Fine  Watch 
and  Clock  Repairing  and  Prescription  Glasses  my 
specialties,  1  correct  errors  of  reaction  both  simple 
and  complicated,  such  as  Prysbyopia,  Kypernietropia, 
Myapia  and  Astigmatism,  and  by  the  use  of  Covilles 
Ophthalmic  Test  Cabinet,  I  can  fit  the  same  by  day 
or  night. 

Now  in  regard  to  Time  Pieces.  I  guarantee  to  turn 
out  the  best  jobs  possible,  and  that  no  disease  of 
same  is  incurable  if  taken  to  Height's  Hospital  for 
Sick  Watches,  Clocks  and  Eyes. 


The  Companies  also  say  that  watches  and  clocks 
should  be  overhauled  once  in  twelve  or  eighteen  mon- 
ths and  never  allowed  to  run  over  two  years. 


Watches 

also 
Demagni- 

tized. 


HICKORY 
N.C 

1230  9th  Avenue 


Examina- 
tions 
are 
Free. 


==  HARDWARE  = 

We  try  to  keep  anything*  you  need  in  Hardware, 
and  our  prices  will  always  be  found  right.  Our  motto 
is  not  to  see  how  much  we  can  get  for  our  goods,  but 
how  low  we  can  sell  them  and  make  a  living. 


We  buy  Stoves,  Plows,  Ranges,  Nails,  Lime  and  Cement  in 
car  load  lots  and  always  get  rock  bottom  prices  for  the  Cash,  and 
we  are  always  in  a  position  to  make  rock  bottom  prices  to  you. 

PLOWS  !     PLOWS  ! 

There  is  no  better  plow  in  the  world  than  the  Oliver.  We 
sell  nothing  but  the  Genuine  Oliver,  made  at  South  Bend,  Ind., 
and  when  you  want  a  good  plow  get  the  Genuine  Oliver.  There 
are  more  of  them  in  use  in  Catawba  county  than  all  other  plows 
combined. 

See  us  when  you  want  anything  in  the  Hardware  line. 


Rhyne   Hardware   Co, 

Newton,  N.  C. 


A.  A.  Shuford,  C.  H.  Cline,  W.  B.  Menzie, 

Pres.  Treas.  Mgr.  &  Secy. 

Hickory  Manufacturing  Comp'y- 

Incorporated 

HICKORY,  NORTH  CAROLINA 

Manufacturers  of  high  grade  Doors,  Blinds,  Glazed  Sash, 
Mantles,  Etc.  Mill  work  of  all  kinds  in  North  ('arolina  Yellow 
Pine.     Flooring,  Ceiling,  Siding,  P'inishing,  Moulding,  Etc. 


Hickory  Handle  &  Manufacturing  Co. 

Manufacturers  of 

Axe,  Hammer,  Sledge,    Pick,    Hatchet,  Adze,  Riviting,   Maul,     Bush- 
Hook  Handles,  Plow  Handles,  Pick  Levers  and  Picker  Sticks. 

ALL  MADE  FROM  SECOND   GROWTH    HICKORY    TIMBER 


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